The Bridegroom, the Actress and the Pimp
1968 · Movie · 23 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Three sequences are linked together in this short film by Straub; the first sequence is a long tracking shot from a car of prostitutes playing 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.
Direction Jean-Marie Straub
Cast Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Irm Hermann · Kristin Peterson · Hanna Schygulla · Peer Raben · Rudolf Waldemar Brem · Jimmy Powell · Lilith Ungerer
Screenplay Danièle Huillet · Jean-Marie Straub · Ferdinand Bruckner) ( · Juan de la Cruz
Cinematography Hubertus Hagen · Niklaus Schilling
Original title Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter
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