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.[1] 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.[2]
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[n 1] 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[3]
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
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