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Danièle Huillet / Jean-Marie Straub

Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter 3 June 04

Section: huillet-straub

Categories: Film / in-a-cinema

Once I saw a photo of a woman wearing a t-shirt with something like the following printed on it:

”God showed his love for us by giving us Bach.”

Title: Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter (The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp)

Directed by: Jean-Marie Straub

Script by: Jean-Marie Straub

Script: According to Roud—Incorporating the play Krankheit der Jugend by Ferdinand Bruckner, abridged and produced by Jean-Marie Straub; and extracts from the poetry of San Juan de la Cruz [St John of the Cross]: Romance 7, first stanza; Cantico espiritual, stanza 20; Romance 22

Starring: James Powell (James) Lilith Ungerer (Marie / Lilith) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peer Raben, Irm Hermann, Kristin Peterson, Hanna Schygulla, Rudolf Waldemar Brem_

Editors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub

Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (from the Ascension Oratorio BWV 11)

Language: German

Length: 23 minutes

Year: 1968

Cinema: Filmmuseum Frankfurt

  • Title: Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter