The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp

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.

• Jean-Marie StraubDirector
• Jean-Marie StraubScreenplay
• Danièle HuilletScreenplay
• Danièle HuilletDirector
• Helmut FärberWriter

• Irm HermannDesiree
• Kristin PetersonIrene
• Hanna SchygullaLucy
• Peer RabenWilli
• Rudolf Waldemar BremPetrell
• Jimmy PowellJames
• Lilith UngererLilith
• Rainer Werner Fassbinderthe pimp