Film

The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

1968 · 24m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

5.8

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.

Irm Hermann

Desiree

Kristin Peterson

Irene

Hanna Schygulla

Lucy

Peer Raben

Willi

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Petrell

Jimmy Powell

James

Lilith Ungerer

Lilith

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

the pimp

• Jean-Marie StraubDirector · Screenplay · Editor
• Danièle HuilletScreenplay · Director · Producer · Editor
• Helmut FärberWriter
• Klaus HellwigProducer
• Hubertus HagenDirector of Photography
• Niklaus SchillingDirector of Photography

Release date

October 10, 1968

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

24m

Genres

Drama, Romance