The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
MovieTitle | Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter |
User score | 4.6 |
Release date | Oct 10, 1968 |
Genre | Drama, Romance |
Director | Jean-Marie Straub , Danièle Huillet |
Production country | Germany |
Production companies | Janus Film und Fernsehen |
Run time | 24 min. |
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.