In a Year With 13 Moons (1978) Germany
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Director:Caven, Ingrid, Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, John, Gottfried, Mattes, Eva, Spengler, Volker, Trissenaar, Elisabeth
Studio:Filmverlag der Autoren
Writer:Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rating:7.5 (1,538 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:695026703921
Genre:German films
IMDb:0077729
Duration:2:04:00
Aspect Ratio:1.66 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:German
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300008598
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:DVD Copy
Caven, Ingrid, Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, John, Gottfried, Mattes, Eva, Spengler, Volker, Trissenaar, Elisabeth  ...  (Director)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder  ...  (Writer)
 
Volker Spengler  ...  Erwin
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
Summary: When the object of his affection off-handedly commented, "too bad you're not a girl", Erwin disappeared to Casablanca and returned as Elvira. Now, adrift and alone amid the maze of the Frankfurt streets, Elvira revisits the people and places of his past, desperately searching for the identity and love and she's never known. Rainer Werner Fassbinder's masterpiece defies categorization, equal parts melodrama, dark comedy, tragedy, and almost clinical character study. Featuring a breathtaking central performance by the great Volker Spengler, In a Year with 13 Moons is ultimately a tender and moving portrait of a lost and fragile soul. Begun only weeks after the suicide of his lover, Fassbinder wrote, directed, photographed and edited what is perhaps his most personal and powerful film.