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The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (1968)

Genre : Drama, Romance

Runtime : 24M

Director : Jean-Marie Straub

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Irm Hermann
Irm Hermann
Desiree
Kristin Peterson
Kristin Peterson
Irene
Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Lucy
Peer Raben
Peer Raben
Willi
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Petrell
Jimmy Powell
Jimmy Powell
James
Lilith Ungerer
Lilith Ungerer
Lilith
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
the pimp

Crews

Jean-Marie Straub
Jean-Marie Straub
Director
Jean-Marie Straub
Jean-Marie Straub
Adaptation
Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet
Adaptation
Ferdinand Bruckner
Ferdinand Bruckner
Theatre Play
Klaus Hellwig
Klaus Hellwig
Producer
Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet
Producer
Hubertus Hagen
Hubertus Hagen
Director of Photography
Niklaus Schilling
Niklaus Schilling
Director of Photography
Klaus Eckelt
Klaus Eckelt
Sound
Herbert Linder
Herbert Linder
Sound
Peter Lütz
Peter Lütz
Sound
Jean-Marie Straub
Jean-Marie Straub
Writer
Helmut Färber
Helmut Färber
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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