| Seduction: The Cruel Woman | |
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 Seduction: The Cruel Woman DVD cover | |
| Directed by |
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| Screenplay by |
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| Edited by | Renate Merck |
| Music by | Marran Gosov |
Production company | Hyena Films |
| Distributed by | First Run Features (USA) |
Release date | February 22, 1985 (Berlin International Film Festival) |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Seduction: The Cruel Woman (Verführung: Die grausame Frau) is a 1985 West German film, directed by Elfi Mikesch and Monika Treut, who both also wrote the screenplay. Wanda is played by Mechthild Großmann. The film was inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs.[1]
Synopsis
Wanda is a dominatrix who runs a gallery in Hamburg. She lures men and women of all types into her sadomasochistic world where audiences pay for the privilege of seeing her humiliate her slaves. The end is an ultimate mix of eros and thanatos.
And when she is eventually gunned down, not by her American female lover whom she turns into an assistant-Mistress and not by her older tender shoe-fetishist motherly concerned lover either, but by — of all people — her husband (who is also her slave), the supreme joy on her face is absolutely ineffable.
— Miodrag Kojadinović, "Seduction: The Cruel Woman I Could Have Been", Angles magazine, Vancouver, January 1994
Cast
- Mechthild Großmann as Wanda
- Udo Kier as Gregor
- Sheila McLaughlin as Justine
- Carola Regnier as Caren
- Peter Weibel as Herr Maehrsch, Journalist
- Georgette Dee as Friederike
- Barbara Ossenkopp: Leila
- Daniela Ziegler: Mother
Film Festivals
The movie was shown at the following film festivals, among others:
See also
References
- ↑ "Seduction: The Cruel Woman. Hyena Films". www.hyenafilms.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "Berlin International Film Festival Annual Archives: Programme 1985". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ↑ "9th San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival". Frameline Festival Program Guide. June 1985.
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