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The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
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
- Irm Hermann as Desiree
- Kristin Peterson as Irene
- Hanna Schygulla as Lucy
- Peer Raben as Willi
- Rudolf Waldemar Brem as Petrell
- Jimmy Powell as James
- Lilith Ungerer as Lilith
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder as the pimp
Details
- Director
- Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
- Released
- October 10, 1968
- Runtime
- 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Studio
- Janus Film und Fernsehen
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 4.5 / 10 from 14 votes
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