Seduction: The Cruel Woman

Seduction: The Cruel Woman (Verführung: Die grausame Frau) is a 1985 West German film, directed by Elfi Mikesch [de] and Monika Treut, who both also wrote the screenplay. Wanda is played by Mechthild Großmann [de]. The film was inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs.[1]

Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Seduction: The Cruel Woman DVD cover
Directed by
Screenplay by
Edited byRenate Merck
Music byMarran Gosov [de]
Production
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Hyena Films
Distributed byFirst Run Features (USA)
Release date
Running time
84 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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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

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Film Festivals

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The movie was shown at the following film festivals, among others:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Seduction: The Cruel Woman. Hyena Films". www.hyenafilms.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Berlin International Film Festival Annual Archives: Programme 1985". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. ^ "9th San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival". Frameline Festival Program Guide. June 1985.
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