Directed by Monika Treut and Elfi Mikesch • 1985 • West Germany
Starring Mechthild Großmann, Udo Kier, Sheila McLaughlin
Wanda (Mechthild Großmann) is a dominatrix who runs an S/M performance space in Hamburg where she stages elaborate sexual rituals for a discerning audience. Cruelty is her profession, but constructing traps for her lovers—including the lovelorn Gregor (Udo Kier), the innocent Justine (Sheila McLaughlin), and the jaded Caren (Carola Regnier)—is her specialty. All know the rules of the game, but not all are willing to play their roles. Still, the show must go on. Inspired by the writings of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Monika Treut and Elfi Mikesch’s SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN is a coolly sensual tribute to masochism and obsession in all its forms, as well as a landmark work of lesbian cinema.
Up Next in Directed by Monika Treut
-
Virgin Machine
Directed by Monika Treut • 1988 • West Germany
Starring Ina Blum, Gad Klein, Marcelo UrionaPart German-expressionist satire, part sapphic travelogue, Monika Treut’s fiercely controversial VIRGIN MACHINE follows Dorothee Müller (Ina Blum), a German journalist researching an article about the nat...
-
My Father Is Coming
Directed by Monika Treut • 1991 • Germany
Starring Annie Sprinkle, Alfred Edel, Shelley KästnerVicky (Shelley Kästner) is a German expat working as a waitress in the East Village while also dreaming of making it as an actor. She’ll have to give the performance of a lifetime when her stodgy fath...
-
Female Misbehavior
Directed by Monika Treut • 1992 • Germany, United States
Monika Treut presents four short documentaries about individuals who live and act outside of society’s expectations of womanhood. In DR. PAGLIA,“Sexual Personae” author Camille Paglia holds court with writer Bruce Henderson. Then, in ANNIE...
