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Verführung : die grausame Frau = Seduction : The Cruel Woman.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sadomasochism.
- Foreign language films.
- Sadomasochism--Drama.
- Feminist films.
- Erotic films.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- European/Baltic Studies.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 min.)
- Other Title:
- Seduction
- The Cruel Woman
- Place of Publication:
- First Run Features, 1985.
- Language Note:
- German dialogue with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Pina Bausch dancer Mechthilde Grossmann plays Wanda, a dominatrix who runs a "gallery" in a building on the Hamburg waterfront, where audiences pay for the privilege of watching her humiliate her slaves. Along the way, Wanda leaves her German lesbian lover, a shoe fetishist, for her American "trainee," and does more than step on the toes of a male performer who has broken the rules of the master/slave relationship by falling in love with her. Rather than dwelling on the rituals and perfomances, the film explores the psychological aspects of power and submission, and focuses on the shifting roles in S & M relationships.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Film.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Department of Germanic Languages Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 985036771
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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