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In a Year of 13 Moons

Country: West Germany, Language: German, 124 mins

Original Title

In Einem Jahr Mit 13 Monden
  • Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Producer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

CGiii Comment

Some say it is his best, some - his worst.

No matter what - it will always remain important, particularly because most of Fassbinder's work acts as a precursor to the works of Haynes, Solondz, Clark et al.

13 Moons is, at times, unbearable to watch but it slaps the human face with the harsh reality that it prefers to ignore.

Definitely, one of his best.


Trailer...

In A Year With 13 Moons Trailer from Sarah Hadley on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

This drama follows the last few days in the life of Elvira (formerly Erwin) Weisshaupt. Years before, Erwin told a co-worker, Anton, that he loved him. "Too bad, you aren't a woman," he replied. Erwin took Anton at his word. Trying to salvage something from the wreckage love has made of his life, he now hopes that Anton will not reject him again.

Cast & Characters

Volker Spengler as Erwin / Elvira Weishaupt;
Ingrid Caven as Die rote Zora;
Gottfried John as Anton Saitz;
Elisabeth Trissenaar as Irene Weishaupt;
Eva Mattes as Marie-Ann Weishaupt;
Gunther Kaufmann as J. Smolik,
Chauffeur; Lilo Pempeit as Schwester Gudrun;
Isolde Barth as Sybille;
Karl Scheydt as Christoph Hacker;
Walter Bockmayer as Seelenfrieda;
Peter Kollek as Saeufer;
Bob Dorsay as Selbstmorder;
Gerhard Zwerenz as Burghard Hauser, Schriftsteller;
Janez Bermez as Oskar Pleitgen;
Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Seelenfrieda