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In a Year of 13 Moons

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In a Year of 13 Moons
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Produced by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring	Volker Spengler Ingrid Caven Gottfried John
Cinematography	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Edited by	Rainer Werner Fassbinder Juliane Lorenz
Music by	Peer Raben
Distributed by	Tango-Film Filmverlag der Autoren
Release date	17 November 1978 (1978-11-17)
Running time	124 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ Pempeit was Fassbinder's mother.

References[edit]

^ 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[edit]

In a Year of 13 MoonsatIMDb
Official website at the Fassbinder Foundation

v t e Works by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Filmography
Films	Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) Katzelmacher (1969) Gods of the Plague (1970) Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970) The American Soldier (1970) Whity (1971) Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971) The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Effi Briest (1974) Fear of Fear (1975) Fox and His Friends (1975) Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (1975) Satan's Brew (1976) Chinese Roulette (1976) Germany in Autumn (1978) Despair (1978) In a Year of 13 Moons (1978) The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) The Third Generation (1979) Lili Marleen (1981) Lola (1981) Veronika Voss (1982) Querelle (1982)
Television	The Niklashausen Journey (1970) Rio das Mortes (1971) Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972–1973) Jail Bait [de] (1972) World on a Wire (1973) Martha (1974) I Only Want You to Love Me (1976) The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, series)
Related	BRD Trilogy Enfant Terrible (2020 biopic) Fassbinder's Women (2000 documentary) Fassbinder: Thousands of Mirrors (2023 book)

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