In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)


In a Year with 13 Moons
Release Date17 November 1978
Other NamesIn a Year of 13 Moons
GenreDrama
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassGay & Lesbian Films, Psychological Drama
ThemesUnrequited Love, Starting Over
TonesDownbeat, Intimate, Reflective
TagsAlienation, Bizarre, Camp, Daughter, Disturbance, Husband, Jilted, Loneliness, Love, Lover, Man, Moon, Mother, Obsession, Operation, Provocative, Rejection, Sex, Sex Change, Transsexual, Wife
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In a Year of 13 Moons (German: ) 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.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Volker Spengler
Erwin, Elvira Weishaupt

Ingrid Caven
Die rote Zora

Gottfried John
Anton Saitz

Elisabeth Trissenaar
Irene Weishaupt

Eva Mattes
Marie-Ann Weishaupt

Günther Kaufmann
J. Smolik, Chauffeur

Lilo Pempeit
Schwester Gudrun

Isolde Barth
Sybille

Karl Scheydt
Christoph Hacker

Walter Bockmayer
Seelenfrieda

Peter Kollek
Saeufer

Bob Dorsay
Selbstmörder

Gerhard Zwerenz
Burghard Hauser, Schriftsteller

Janez Bermez
Oskar Pleitgen

Wolfgang Hess
Selbstmörder

Günther Holzapfel
Angestellter H. H. Brei

Ursula Lillig
Putzfrau

Producer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
writer, producer

Original Music

Peer Raben
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Cinematographer

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Juliane Lorenz
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Production Designer

Franz Vacek
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Art Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Makeup Department

Jo Braun
makeup artist

Production Manager

Isolde Barth
production manager

Sound Department

Wolfgang Mund
sound

Karl Scheydt
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

Werner Lüring
assistant camera

Wolfgang Mund
lighting technician

Karl Scheydt
lighting technician

Music Department

Roxy Music
music performers: "A Song for Europe"

Other Crew

Franz Vacek
stage

Production Company

Filmverlag der Autoren
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Pro-ject Filmproduktion
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Tango Film
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Distributor

Cinemagi

Dolmen Home Video

Fantoma

Kinowelt Home Entertainment

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