The Bridegroom, the Actress and the Pimp
- Original title
- Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter
- Year
- 1968
- Running time
- 23 min.
- Country
- Germany - West Germany (FRG)
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Irm Hermann
- Kristin Peterson
- Hanna Schygulla
- Peer Raben
- Rudolf Waldemar Brem
- Jimmy Powell
- Lilith Ungerer
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- Cinematography
Hubertus Hagen, Niklaus Schilling (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Romance | Half-length Film. Stage Play. Prostitution
- Synopsis
- Three sequences are linked together in this short film by Straub; the first sequence is a long tracking shot from a car of prostitutes playing 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.
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