The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (movie)
Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter- User score: 4.6
- Production country: Germany
- Producer: Jean-Marie Straub , Danièle Huillet
- Production companies: Janus Film und Fernsehen
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Release date: 10/10/1968
- Run time: 24 min.
Movie description
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.
