The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (1968)
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.
Directors:
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet.
Writers:
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet.
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Irm Hermann as Desiree |
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Kristin Peterson as Irene |
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Hanna Schygulla as Lucy |
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Peer Raben as Willi |
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Rudolf Waldemar Brem as Petrell |
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Jimmy Powell as James |
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Lilith Ungerer as Lilith |
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder as the pimp |
| Directing | Jean-Marie Straub | Director |
| Writing | Jean-Marie Straub | Screenplay |
| Writing | Danièle Huillet | Screenplay |
| Directing | Danièle Huillet | Director |
| Writing | Helmut Färber | Writer |
| Camera | Niklaus Schilling | Director of Photography |
| Production | Klaus Hellwig | Producer |
| Sound | Peter Lütz | Sound |
| Production | Danièle Huillet | Producer |
| Sound | Herbert Linder | Sound |
| Writing | Ferdinand Bruckner | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Klaus Eckelt | Sound |
| Camera | Hubertus Hagen | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Danièle Huillet | Editor |
| Editing | Jean-Marie Straub | Editor |
