In a Year with 13 Moons
1978•18•2h 4m•6.6•Released
Drama
Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Languages
German
Studio
Pro-ject Filmproduktion
Cast
Volker Spengler
Elvira Weishaupt
Ingrid Caven
Zora la rouge
Gottfried John
Anton Saitz
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Irene Weishaupt
Eva Mattes
Marie-Ann
Günther Kaufmann
Chauffeur
Lilo Pempeit
Schwester Gudrun
Isolde Barth
Sybille
Karl Scheydt
Hacker
Walter Bockmayer
Seelen-Frieda
Gerhard Zwerenz
Burghard Hauser
Peter Kollek
Saeufer
Bob Dorsay
Selbstmörder
Janez Bermez
Oskar Pleitgen (uncredited)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Production
Company
Pro-ject Filmproduktion
Company
Filmverlag der Autoren
Company
Tango Film
Producer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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