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Seduction: The Cruel Woman

1986 · 84 min

A cold, theatrical descent into desire and power, more unsettling than erotic, demanding patience and rewarding with uncomfortable ambiguity.

Directed by: Elfi Mikesch, Monika Treut
Genres: Drama
Starring: Udo Kier, Mechthild Großmann, Carola Regnier

Tagline: A ticket to a masochistic wonderland
Overview: Wanda, a dominatrix who runs an S&M gallery on the Hamburg waterfront, must choose between her lesbian lover and an American trainee.

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Directed by: Elfi Mikesch, Monika Treut
Genres: Drama
Starring: Udo Kier, Mechthild Großmann, Carola Regnier

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
power
identity
sexuality
betrayal
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	2
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Elfi Mikesch, Monika Treut
Written by: Monika Treut, Elfi Mikesch
Starring: Udo Kier, Mechthild Großmann, Carola Regnier, Sheila McLaughlin, Georgette Dee, Barbara Ossenkopp, Peter Weibel, Judith Flex
Music: Marran Gosov
Cinematography: Elfi Mikesch, Monika Treut
Runtime: 84 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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