A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
- Volkmar
- (as Matthieu Carrière)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTitle translation: Finishing Blow.
- Quotes
Sophie de Reval: May I come in?
Erich von Lhomond: Of course. Thank you. It's quite late, Sophie.
Sophie de Reval: I'll just smoke a pipeful. Why did you come to Kratovice of all places, Erich?
Erich von Lhomond: Where should I have gone?
Sophie de Reval: You could have stayed in Paris or Berlin. No one forced you to fight in this war.
Erich von Lhomond: I'm an officer and useless in Berlin.
Sophie de Reval: What are you defending here? Your mother lost everything before the war.
Erich von Lhomond: Perhaps I like lost causes. In any case I've always fought for them.
Sophie de Reval: At least you've none of Konrad's illusions.
Erich von Lhomond: Konrad's beliefs are truer than yours, Sophie. His don't come from books, but from life, from your family tradition.
Sophie de Reval: The new era has no use for our tradition.
Erich von Lhomond: No one chooses his own story.
Sophie de Reval: Oh yes.
Erich von Lhomond: You should go to bed, Sophie.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Portrait of Valeska Gert (1977)
Volker Schlöndorff's movie is about, like so many of his movies, man's inhumanity to man, with a thin veneer of civilization covering a seething mass of selfish inhumanity, until the madness of it all overwhelms the protagonist. Everyone seems quite rational, holding conversations that never quite make sense or lead to any conclusion. His frequent collaborator, cinematographer Igor Luther, offers beautiful interior shots, but his exteriors seem disorganized and uncomplimentary.... probably a commentary on the world the movies' characters live in.
- boblipton
- Nov 5, 2020
Details
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1