Monika Treut
Encyclopedia
Monika Treut is an openly
lesbian
German
filmmaker.
In the mid-1970s she began working with video. She founded Hyena Filmproduktion together with Elfi Mikesch in 1984, and began producing, writing, and directing independent feature films.
She is best known for Seduction: The Cruel Woman
, a 1985 German film that explored sadomasochistic sex practices. She also directed Virgin Machine, Female Misbehavior, Gendernauts, the documentary of three Taiwanese women of three generations, "Tigerwomen Grow Wings," and the documentary Didn't Do It For Love, about actress and documentary filmmaker Eva Norvind
.
Coming out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
filmmaker.
In the mid-1970s she began working with video. She founded Hyena Filmproduktion together with Elfi Mikesch in 1984, and began producing, writing, and directing independent feature films.
She is best known for Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Seduction: The Cruel Woman
Seduction: The Cruel Woman is a 1985 German film. The film was directed by Elfi Mikesch and Monika Treut, who both also wrote the screenplay. Wanda is played by Mechthild Grossmann. The Movie was inspiried by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs.-Synopsis:Wanda is a dominatrix who runs a...
, a 1985 German film that explored sadomasochistic sex practices. She also directed Virgin Machine, Female Misbehavior, Gendernauts, the documentary of three Taiwanese women of three generations, "Tigerwomen Grow Wings," and the documentary Didn't Do It For Love, about actress and documentary filmmaker Eva Norvind
Eva Norvind
Eva Norvind was a writer, documentary producer, director, sex therapist/ dominatrix, and former actress of the cinema of Mexico...
.
Works
- "Seduction: The Cruel Woman" (1985)
- "Virgin Machine"
- "Female Misbehavior"
- "Gendernauts" (documentary)
- "My Father is Coming" (1991)
- "Tigerwomen Grow Wings" (documentary)
- "Didn't Do It For Love" (documentary)
- "Ghosted" (1994)