Venus In Furs

Venus In Furs

Rated X

Feature

70 min / 35mm b&w / English

year

1994

Venus In Furs

The story of Severin and Wanda, young lovers who entangle in a passionate and strangely violent love affair, in which masochism plays the lead role. Severin contracts himself as servant, house-keeper and lover, while Wanda learns to enjoy her role as torturer. Perversely, she humiliates him to the limit by taking another lover, breaking the unwritten rules. A multi-layered beautifully shot film in which the boundaries between fantasy and reality are constantly transgressed. Based on the novel of the same name by Leopold von Sacher Masoch.

Cast

Anne van der Ven - Wanda

André Arend van Noord - Severin

Crew:


directed by: Maartje Seyferth, Victor Nieuwenhuijs

written by: Victor Nieuwenhuijs, Maartje Seyferth,

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (novel)

cinematography: Victor Nieuwenhuijs

lighting: Peter Gray

sound: Peter Burghout/Volfango Pecoraio

editing: Herbert van Drongelen/Maartje Seyferth


Festivals 1994:

  • Int. Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Int. Film Festival of St.Petersburg,
  • Russia – Awarded for Creative Quest and True Professional Properties.
  • Festival internacional de Cine de Gijon, Spain.
  • Nederlands Film Festival Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Festival Internacional de Cine de Sante Fe de Bogota, Colombia.
  • Festival Internacional de Cinema Figueira de Foz, Portugal.
  • Raindance Film Showcase London, England.
  • Internacional Film festival of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • Film Festival of Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • La Mostra Internacional de Cinema
  • Alternatiu, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Europa Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands.


Festivals 1995:


  • Film Festival Karlovi Vary, Czech Republic.
  • Public screenings 1996
  • NAT Filmfestivalen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Silver Award by The Australian
  • Cinematographers Society, Sidney, Australia.


Theatrically released in: the Netherlands, Germany, France

VHS: the Netherlands, Germany, France, England, Japan

DVD: internationally

Currently available on Vimeo On Demand




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