In a Year with 13 Moons (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.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Volker Spengler as Elvira Weishaupt |
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Ingrid Caven as Zora la rouge |
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Gottfried John as Anton Saitz |
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Elisabeth Trissenaar as Irene Weishaupt |
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Eva Mattes as Marie-Ann |
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Günther Kaufmann as Chauffeur |
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Lilo Pempeit as Schwester Gudrun |
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Isolde Barth as Sybille |
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Karl Scheydt as Hacker |
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Walter Bockmayer as Seelen-Frieda |
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Gerhard Zwerenz as Burghard Hauser |
| Directing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director |
| Production | Isolde Barth | Production Manager |
| Art | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Art Direction |
| Writing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Writer |
| Editing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Editor |
| Editing | Juliane Lorenz | Editor |
| Camera | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director of Photography |
| Production | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Producer |
| Sound | Peer Raben | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Franz Vacek | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jo Braun | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Wolfgang Mund | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Karl Scheydt | Sound Designer |