Monika Treut
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Monika Treut is an openly
Coming out
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 lesbian
Lesbian
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 German
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 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
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.

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)

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