Il fidanzato, l'attrice e il ruffiano (4.5)

The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp
Film · 1968 · 24 min · Drammatico, Romantico

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.

Regia: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Con Irm Hermann, Kristin Peterson, Hanna Schygulla, Peer Raben, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Jimmy Powell, Lilith Ungerer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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