The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
movie
View on VideBits →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
Danièle Huillet · Jimmy Powell · Irm Hermann · Lilith Ungerer · Kristin Peterson · Jean-Marie Straub · Peer Raben · Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Helmut Färber · Rudolf Waldemar Brem · Hanna Schygulla