Directed by Monika Treut • 1988 • West Germany
Starring Ina Blum, Gad Klein, Marcelo Uriona
Part 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 nature of romantic love—something she desperately needs, given her dysfunctional relationships with former lover Heinz (Gad Klein) and brother Bruno (Marcelo Uriona). In the Oz of San Francisco, Dorothee finds exactly what she was looking for—and then some—thanks to the help of lesbian strip-show barker Susie Sexpert (Susie Bright), drag king Ramona (Shelly Mars), and her mysteriously kinky neighbors (Cléo Dubois and Fakir Musafar). When Dorothy surfaces like a dazzled tourist on the wilder shores of the city’s thriving lesbian community, she has discovered her true sexuality—and left some illusions behind.
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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...
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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...
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Didn’t Do It for Love
Directed by Monika Treut • 1997 • Germany
Eva Norvind was born Eva Johanne Chegodaieva Sakonskaja in 1944, the daughter of a Russian prince and a Finnish sculptor in Trondheim, Norway. Monika Treut’s DIDN’T DO IT FOR LOVE traces the many stages of her unbelievable life story: her early success a...
