The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

Release Date: 1968-10-10

Overview: 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.

Rating: 4.308 / 10

Cast

Irm Hermann

as Desiree

Kristin Peterson

as Irene

Hanna Schygulla

as Lucy

Peer Raben

as Willi

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

as Petrell