The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

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


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Summary

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.

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