Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter (The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp) 1968 Ages 15+
When
6.00 pm, Wed 18 Oct 2017 (23 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
An enigmatic and complex short by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub (to whom Fassbinder dedicated his first film), The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp consists of three disparate sequences, including a minimalist play adaptation from Fassbinder's Anti-Teater troupe and another in which Fassbinder portrays a pimp (one of his earliest on-screen roles). Irm Hermann and Hanna Schygulla make appearances, as well as Fassbinder's long-time composer Peer Raben.
Ages 15+
Production Credits
- Director/Script: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
- Based on: the play 'Krankheit Der Jugend' 1926 by Ferdinand Bruckner, the poems of Juan de la Cruz and a text by Helmut Färber
- Cinematographers: Hubertus Hagen, Niklaus Schilling
- Cast: Kristin Peterson, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Peer Raben, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Jimmy Powell, Lilith Ungerer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Editors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
- Production Company: Janus Film und Fernsehen, Frankfurt
- Print Source / Rights: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Screening Format: 16mm, 35mm, 1.37:1
- Year: 1968
- Runtime: 23 minutes
- Country: West Germany
- Language: German
- Subtitles: English
- Sound: Mono
- Colour: Black & White