The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

10/10/1968

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0hr 24min

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Drama

,Romance

STORY

Three sequences are linked together in this short film by Straub; the first sequence is a long tracking shot from a car of prostitutes plying their trade on the night-time streets of Germany; the second is a staged play, cut down to 10 minutes by Straub and photographed in a single take; the final sequence covers the marriage of James and Lilith, and Lilith’s subsequent execution of her pimp, played by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. "The film is a look entirely at Western decadence" - Jean-Marie Straub.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Irm Hermann
  • Kristin Peterson
  • Hanna Schygulla
  • Peer Raben
  • Rudolf Waldemar Brem

    Directors

  • Jean-Marie Straub
  • Danièle Huillet

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Janus Film und Fernsehen

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German