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The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (1968)

The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (1968)

5.9 HD 23 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.

Country: West Germany
Genre: ,
Release: 1968-10-10
Director: Jean-Marie Straub

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