Coup de grâce (Der Fangschuß). Volker Schlöndorff, 1976.
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Edition screened: Criterion DVD #192, released 2003. German language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 98 minutes.
Edition screened: Criterion DVD #192, released 2003. German language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 98 minutes.
Summary: Depicted killing of animals.
Details:
1) A carp is lifted by hand from a shallow pond at 8:31, quickly clubbed at 8:42, and bagged at 8:45. The actor’s back is toward us during the quick clubbing and there is nothing visually gruesome.
2) A man shoots into the woods from an open car at 38:09. He retrieves the fallen bird from the woods and has a photo made with it, 38:22-38:29. The bird never is particularly distinguishable.
3) The car arrives home with the bird, a rabbit, and a few other game animals visible, 39:05-39:21.
4) A 2-second image, 48:50-48:51, of a dead dog mostly covered by burlap, with a small pool of blood under his mouth. We are told that the dog dug up a grenade.
This is a good Bergman-like drama about complex romantic relationships set in war-time Latvia. The quick images of killed animals are unfortunate but not gory or gratuitous.