Release Date: 1968-10-10
Runtime: 24
Languages: Deutsch
Rating: 4.6
Votes: 12
Genres: Drama | Romance
Director: Jean-Marie Straub
Description: 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 seco...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.Read More
Production Companies:
Janus Film und Fernsehen
