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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Beware of a Holy Whore
| name = Beware of a Holy Whore
| image = Beware of a Holy Whore.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]
| director = [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]]
| producer =
| producer =
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| music = [[Peer Raben]]
| music = [[Peer Raben]]
| cinematography = [[Michael Ballhaus]]
| cinematography = [[Michael Ballhaus]]
| editing = Thea Eymèsz<br>Franz Walsch (Fassbinder)
| editing = Thea Eymèsz<br>[[Rainer Werner Fassbinder|Franz Walsch]]
| distributor =
| distributor =
| released = 28 August 1971 ([[Venice Film Festival]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/warnung-vor-einer-heiligen-nutte_ea43d4a6abc95006e03053d50b37753d|title=''Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte''|website=[[filmportal.de]]|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref><br>1 September 1971 (''West Germany'')<br>11 November 1976 (''US'')
| released = {{Film date|1971|08|28|[[Venice Film Festival]]|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/warnung-vor-einer-heiligen-nutte_ea43d4a6abc95006e03053d50b37753d|title=''Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte''|website=[[Filmportal.de]]|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref>|1971|09|01|West Germany|df=y}}
| runtime = 103 min.
| runtime = 103 minutes
| country = [[West Germany]]
| country = [[West Germany]]
| language = German, English, French, Spanish
| language = German, English, French, Spanish
| budget =
| budget =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
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'''''Beware of a Holy Whore''''' ({{lang-de|'''Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte'''}}) is a 1971 West German drama film written and directed by [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] that features [[Lou Castel]], [[Eddie Constantine]], [[Hanna Schygulla]] and Fassbinder himself.
'''''Beware of a Holy Whore''''' ({{lang-de|'''Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte'''}}) is a 1971 West German drama film written and directed by [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] that features [[Lou Castel]], [[Eddie Constantine]], [[Hanna Schygulla]] and Fassbinder himself. Fassbinder considered this to be his favorite of his own films.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Anarchy of the Imagination: Interviews, Essays, Notes|date=October 1992|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=978-0801843693}}</ref>


Holed up in a hotel with too much drink, drugs and time the cast and crew of a film are gradually disintegrating as they await the arrival of their director. Semi-autobiographical, the film was influenced by the shooting of the director's earlier ''[[Whity (film)|Whity]]'' in Spain. The film features music from [[Leonard Cohen]]'s first album ''[[Songs of Leonard Cohen]]'' and from ''[[Spooky Two]]'' by [[Spooky Tooth]], among others.
While in a hotel with too much drink, drugs and time, the cast and crew of a film are gradually unravelling as they await the arrival of their director. Semi-autobiographical, the film was influenced by the shooting of the director's earlier ''[[Whity (film)|Whity]]'' in Spain. The film features music from [[Leonard Cohen]]'s first album ''[[Songs of Leonard Cohen]]'' and from ''[[Spooky Two]]'' by [[Spooky Tooth]], among others.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==


''Beware of a Holy Whore'' is a satirical meta-film about Fassbinder's previous production, ''[[Whity (film)|Whity]]''. It opens with a soliloquy (delivered by [[Werner Schroeter]]) about the synopsis of a [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] story featuring [[Goofy]], the dog. Goofy [[Transvestism|cross-dresses]] in his aunt's clothes to teach a kindergarten class and, after being ridiculed by the class, takes a "poor orphan girl" into his home. The little girl is actually a dwarf gangster, Wee Willy, and he fools Goofy into caring for him by wearing the clothes that Goofy discarded after being ridiculed by the school children. That night Goofy's house is raided by police and Wee Willy is arrested, revealing the "poor orphan girl's" true identity to Goofy. When Willy's true identity is revealed the confused Goofy says, "What a shock that must have been for the poor little girl when she discovered that she is a crook". In both instances—attempting to teach the kindergarten class and caring for Wee Willy—Goofy is beaten by those for whom he only sought to care. This opening soliloquy alludes to the film's underlying themes of violence, self-blindness, and same-sex and bisexual relationships.<ref>http://jclarkmedia.com/fassbinder/fassbinder11.html</ref>
''Beware of a Holy Whore'' opens with a soliloquy (delivered by [[Werner Schroeter]]) about the synopsis of a [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] story featuring [[Goofy]], the dog. Goofy [[Transvestism|cross-dresses]] in his aunt's clothes to teach a kindergarten class and, after being ridiculed by the class, takes a "poor orphan girl" into his home. The little girl is actually a dwarf gangster, Wee Willy, and he fools Goofy into caring for him by wearing the clothes that Goofy discarded after being ridiculed by the school children. That night Goofy's house is raided by police and Wee Willy is arrested, revealing the "poor orphan girl's" true identity to Goofy. When Willy's true identity is revealed the confused Goofy says, "What a shock that must have been for the poor little girl when she discovered that she is a crook". In both instances—attempting to teach the kindergarten class and caring for Wee Willy—Goofy is beaten by those for whom he only sought to care. This opening soliloquy alludes to the film's underlying themes of violence, self-blindness, and same-sex and bisexual relationships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jclarkmedia.com/fassbinder/fassbinder11.html|title=Jim's Reviews - Fassbinder's Beware of a Holy Whore|website=Jclarkmedia.com|accessdate=3 September 2018|archive-date=6 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706112304/http://jclarkmedia.com/fassbinder/fassbinder11.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The action of the movie then moves to a coastal hotel in Spain where the cast of the film's meta-film "Patria O Muerte" (English: Motherland or Death) are waiting for production money and the director (Lou Castel) and the star (Eddie Constantine, as himself) to arrive. While waiting for everything the cast engages in sexual intrigues (both same-sex and opposite-sex), slander, and challenging power dynamics amongst themselves. The director then arrives by helicopter and inserts himself in the mix of cast interactions in a draconian manner, flaring the already discordant interactions among the cast. The remainder of the production depicts the mayhem of a movie production wrought with vicissitude and conflicting power dynamics.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=Ks5cULQvt4oC&pg=PA274&lpg=PA274&dq=what+is+the+meta-film+of+beware+of+a+holy+whore&source=bl&ots=ABKGd4-OnF&sig=K3PUUMNM6JAZNutpT_PcvTzDVvk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBGoVChMI8fKYxtzkxgIVQVY-Ch0oLA0n#v=onepage&q=what%20is%20the%20meta-film%20of%20beware%20of%20a%20holy%20whore&f=false</ref> Fassbinder described the production as “a film about why living and working together as a group doesn’t function, even with people who want it to and for whom the group is life itself”.<ref>http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/fassbinder-beware-a-holy-whore</ref>
The action of the movie then moves to a coastal hotel in Spain where the cast of the film's meta-film "Patria O Muerte" are waiting for production money and the director (Lou Castel) and the star (Eddie Constantine, as himself) to arrive. While waiting for everything the cast engages in sexual intrigues (both same-sex and opposite-sex), slander, and challenging power dynamics amongst themselves. The director then arrives by helicopter and inserts himself in the mix of cast interactions in a draconian manner, flaring the already discordant interactions among the cast. The remainder of the production depicts the mayhem of a movie production wrought with vicissitude and conflicting power dynamics.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ks5cULQvt4oC&q=what+is+the+meta-film+of+beware+of+a+holy+whore&pg=PA274|title=Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject|first=Thomas|last=Elsaesser|date=3 September 1996|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=9789053560594|accessdate=3 September 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> Fassbinder described the production as “a film about why living and working together as a group doesn’t function, even with people who want it to and for whom the group is life itself”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/fassbinder-beware-a-holy-whore|title=Fassbinder Diary #3: Beware a Holy Whore - Film Comment|date=26 May 2014|website=Filmcomment.com|accessdate=3 September 2018}}</ref>


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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*Karl Scheydt as Manfred
*Karl Scheydt as Manfred
*[[Ulli Lommel]] as Korbinian, manager
*[[Ulli Lommel]] as Korbinian, manager
*[[Monica Teuber]] as Billi, makeup artist
*{{ill|Monica Teuber|de|Monika Teuber}} as Billi, makeup artist
*[[Magdalena Montezuma]] as Irm, Jeff's ex
*[[Magdalena Montezuma]] as Irm, Jeff's ex
*[[Werner Schroeter]] as Deiters
*[[Werner Schroeter]] as Deiters
*[[Kurt Raab]] as Fred


==References==
==References==
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Beware of a Holy Whore
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRainer Werner Fassbinder
Written byRainer Werner Fassbinder
CinematographyMichael Ballhaus
Edited byThea Eymèsz
Franz Walsch
Music byPeer Raben
Release dates
Running time
103 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguagesGerman, English, French, Spanish

Beware of a Holy Whore (German: Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte) is a 1971 West German drama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder that features Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla and Fassbinder himself. Fassbinder considered this to be his favorite of his own films.[2]

While in a hotel with too much drink, drugs and time, the cast and crew of a film are gradually unravelling as they await the arrival of their director. Semi-autobiographical, the film was influenced by the shooting of the director's earlier Whity in Spain. The film features music from Leonard Cohen's first album Songs of Leonard Cohen and from Spooky Two by Spooky Tooth, among others.

Plot

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Beware of a Holy Whore opens with a soliloquy (delivered by Werner Schroeter) about the synopsis of a Disney story featuring Goofy, the dog. Goofy cross-dresses in his aunt's clothes to teach a kindergarten class and, after being ridiculed by the class, takes a "poor orphan girl" into his home. The little girl is actually a dwarf gangster, Wee Willy, and he fools Goofy into caring for him by wearing the clothes that Goofy discarded after being ridiculed by the school children. That night Goofy's house is raided by police and Wee Willy is arrested, revealing the "poor orphan girl's" true identity to Goofy. When Willy's true identity is revealed the confused Goofy says, "What a shock that must have been for the poor little girl when she discovered that she is a crook". In both instances—attempting to teach the kindergarten class and caring for Wee Willy—Goofy is beaten by those for whom he only sought to care. This opening soliloquy alludes to the film's underlying themes of violence, self-blindness, and same-sex and bisexual relationships.[3] The action of the movie then moves to a coastal hotel in Spain where the cast of the film's meta-film "Patria O Muerte" are waiting for production money and the director (Lou Castel) and the star (Eddie Constantine, as himself) to arrive. While waiting for everything the cast engages in sexual intrigues (both same-sex and opposite-sex), slander, and challenging power dynamics amongst themselves. The director then arrives by helicopter and inserts himself in the mix of cast interactions in a draconian manner, flaring the already discordant interactions among the cast. The remainder of the production depicts the mayhem of a movie production wrought with vicissitude and conflicting power dynamics.[4] Fassbinder described the production as “a film about why living and working together as a group doesn’t function, even with people who want it to and for whom the group is life itself”.[5]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ^ The Anarchy of the Imagination: Interviews, Essays, Notes. Johns Hopkins University Press. October 1992. ISBN 978-0801843693.
  3. ^ "Jim's Reviews - Fassbinder's Beware of a Holy Whore". Jclarkmedia.com. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ^ Elsaesser, Thomas (3 September 1996). Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 9789053560594. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Fassbinder Diary #3: Beware a Holy Whore - Film Comment". Filmcomment.com. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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