In a Year of 13 Moons
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In a Year of 13 Moons is a 1978
drama film
directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
and starring Volker Spengler
. The film was made in response to the suicide of Fassbinder's lover at the time, Armin Meier.
). In love with his former business partner Anton Saitz (Gottfried John
), who was not gay, he decided to change his sex and to become Elvira, but the sex change did not bring him happiness.
1978 in film
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California....
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...
and starring Volker Spengler
Volker Spengler
Volker Spengler is a German actor who was one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's key collaborators.His most noted role with Fassbinder was as the transsexual Erwin/Elvira of the film In a Year of 13 Moons ....
. The film was made in response to the suicide of Fassbinder's lover at the time, Armin Meier.
Plot
The film follows the last five days in the life of Erwin Weishaupt (Volker SpenglerVolker Spengler
Volker Spengler is a German actor who was one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's key collaborators.His most noted role with Fassbinder was as the transsexual Erwin/Elvira of the film In a Year of 13 Moons ....
). In love with his former business partner Anton Saitz (Gottfried John
Gottfried John
-Life and work:During the 1970s and early 1980s, Gottfried John played various roles in films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, notably that of Reinhold in the epic Berlin Alexanderplatz . He is internationally known for his portrayals of General Ourumov in the James Bond film GoldenEye and Julius...
), who was not gay, he decided to change his sex and to become Elvira, but the sex change did not bring him happiness.
Cast
- Volker SpenglerVolker SpenglerVolker Spengler is a German actor who was one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's key collaborators.His most noted role with Fassbinder was as the transsexual Erwin/Elvira of the film In a Year of 13 Moons ....
- Erwin / Elvira Weishaupt - Ingrid CavenIngrid CavenIngrid Caven is a German film actress and singer. Her younger sister Trudeliese Schmidt was an opera singer and also an actress.Caven has appeared in over 50 films since her film debut in 1969 in the short film...
- Rote Zora - Gottfried JohnGottfried John-Life and work:During the 1970s and early 1980s, Gottfried John played various roles in films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, notably that of Reinhold in the epic Berlin Alexanderplatz . He is internationally known for his portrayals of General Ourumov in the James Bond film GoldenEye and Julius...
- Anton Saitz - Elisabeth TrissenaarElisabeth TrissenaarElisabeth Trissenaar is an Austrian actress, who lives in Berlin.- Life and career :Trissenaar's father was the Dutchman Frans Trijssenaar. In 1964, she got her first role in the Bern Theatre, after studying at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna...
- Irene Weishaupt - Eva MattesEva MattesEva Mattes is a German-Austrian actress.Mattes appeared in four films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and A Man Called Eva , as a bearded film director based on the then recently deceased Fassbinder...
- Marie-Ann Weishaupt - Günther KaufmannGünther KaufmannGünther Kaufmann is a German film actor best known for his association with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Fassbinder directed Kaufmann in a total of 14 films, casting him in a variety of leading and minor roles...
- J. Smolik, chauffeur - Lilo Pempeit - Sister Gudrun (as Liselotte Pempeit)
- Isolde Barth - Sybille
- Karl Scheydt - Christoph Hacker
- Walter BockmayerWalter BockmayerWalter Bockmayer is a German film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed seven films between 1975 and 1988. His 1978 film Flaming Hearts was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- Soul-Frieda - Peter Kollek - alcoholic
- Bob Dorsay - city tramp
- Gerhard Zwerenz - Burghard Hauser, writer