The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

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.

Cast

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

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