The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (1968)
Overview
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
Desiree
Hanna Schygulla
Lucy
Peer Raben
Willi
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Petrell
Lilith Ungerer
Lilith
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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