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.

Released Oct. 10, 1968 24 min None+

Genres: Drama, Romance, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.poem, imdb.night, imdb.based-on-play, imdb.prostitution, imdb.sex-work, imdb.sex-worker + 8 more, imdb.pimp, imdb.prostitute, imdb.new-german-cinema, imdb.road, imdb.wedding, imdb.love, imdb.long-take, imdb.experimental-short