![The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aVOJlq8gO6rQKG15PmdENyWlZ2H.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | Ferdinand Bruckner |
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Director | Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet |
Actor | Irm Hermann, Kristin Peterson, Hanna Schygulla |
Country | Germany |
Production | Janus Film und Fernsehen |