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The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (1968)
Directed by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Drama, Romance · 24m
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
Hanna Schygulla
Peer Raben
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Lilith Ungerer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Crew
- Director
- Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
- Screenplay
- Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
- Writer
- Helmut Färber
- Director of Photography
- Hubertus Hagen, Niklaus Schilling
- Editor
- Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
- Producer
- Klaus Hellwig, Danièle Huillet
Details
- Original title
- Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter
- Release date
- 1968-10-10
- Runtime
- 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Janus Film und Fernsehen