| In a Year of 13 Moons | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Written by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Produced by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Starring | Volker Spengler Ingrid Caven Gottfried John |
| Cinematography | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Edited by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder Juliane Lorenz |
| Music by | Peer Raben |
| Distributed by | Tango-Film Filmverlag der Autoren |
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| Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
In a Year of 13 Moons (German: In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden) is a 1978 West German 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 a "Top 10" list of his own films, Fassbinder placed In a Year of 13 Moons second, after Beware of a Holy Whore.
Cast
- Volker Spengler as Erwin / Elvira Weishaupt
- Ingrid Caven as Rote Zora
- Gottfried John as Anton Saitz
- Elisabeth Trissenaar as Irene Weishaupt
- Eva Mattes as Marie-Ann Weishaupt
- Günther Kaufmann as J. Smolik, chauffeur
- Lilo Pempeit as Sister Gudrun (as Liselotte Pempeit)
- Isolde Barth as Sybille
- Karl Scheydt as Christoph Hacker
- Walter Bockmayer as Soul-Frieda
- Peter Kollek as alcoholic
- Bob Dorsay as city tramp
- Gerhard Zwerenz as Burghard Hauser, writer
Notes
- Pempeit was Fassbinder's mother.
References
- Canby, Vincent (2008). "New York Times: In a Year of 13 Moons". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- The Anarchy of the Imagination: Interviews, Essays, Notes. Johns Hopkins University Press. October 1992. ISBN 978-0801843693.
- "Fassbinder Foundation: In a Year with 13 Moons". Fassbinder Foundation. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
External links
- In a Year of 13 Moons at IMDb
- Official website at the Fassbinder Foundation