In a Year with 13 Moons

In a Year with 13 Moons

124 mins | Drama | Nov. 17, 1978

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.

In a Year with 13 Moons

124 mins | Drama | Nov. 17, 1978

In a Year with 13 Moons
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Filmverlag der Autoren, Tango Film
Original title In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden
Directors Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Volker Spengler

as Elvira Weishaupt

Ingrid Caven

as Zora la rouge

Gottfried John

as Anton Saitz

Elisabeth Trissenaar

as Irene Weishaupt

Eva Mattes

as Marie-Ann

Günther Kaufmann

as Chauffeur

Lilo Pempeit

as Schwester Gudrun

Isolde Barth

as Sybille

Karl Scheydt

as Hacker

Walter Bockmayer

as Seelen-Frieda

Gerhard Zwerenz

as Burghard Hauser