In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden (1978)

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (writer)

Release Date:

11 June 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

This drama follows the last few days in the life of Elvira (formerly Erwin) Weisshaupt. Years before...

Plot Keywords:

Unrequited Love | Transvestism | Sex | Prostitute | Slaughterhouse

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 (as Lieselotte Pempeit)
Isolde Barth	...	Sybille
Karl Scheydt	...	Christoph Hacker
Walter Bockmayer	...	Seelenfrieda
Peter Kollek	...	Saeufer
Bob Dorsay	...	Selbstmörder
Gerhard Zwerenz	...	Burghard Hauser, Schriftsteller
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Janez Bermez	...	Oskar Pleitgen (uncredited)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder	...	Seelenfrieda (voice) (uncredited)
Wolfgang Hess	...	Selbstmörder (voice) (uncredited)
Günther Holzapfel	...	Angestellter H. H. Brei (uncredited)
Ursula Lillig	...	Putzfrau (uncredited)

Directed by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder		writer

Produced by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder	....	producer

Original Music by
Peer Raben

Cinematography by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Film Editing by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Juliane Lorenz

Production Design by
Franz Vacek

Art Direction by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Makeup Department
Jo Braun	....	makeup artist

Production Management
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" (uncredited)

Other crew
Franz Vacek	....	stage

Production Companies

• Filmverlag der Autoren
• Pro-ject Filmproduktion
• Tango Film

Distributors

• Cinemagi (Sweden) (video)
• Dolmen Home Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• Fantoma (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• New Yorker Films (1980) (USA) (subtitled)

Also Known As:

In a Year with 13 Moons (International: English title) (informal literal title) (USA)
In the Year of the 13 Moons (UK)

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

Company:

Filmverlag der Autoren

Trivia:

The tape-recorded narration heard throughout the film (particularly during the final scene) was not scripted. Volker Spengler (playing Elvira Weishaupt) and Rainer Werner Fassbinder recorded the narration together, with Fassbinder asking questions and Spengler responding in character. In the final cut of the film, Fassbinder's voice is edited out.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Liebe und Verzweiflung (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Schöner fremder Mann

Nino Rota / 13 Moons

I have to save my comments for later...I began watching this film last night and, as disturbing as the slaughterhouse scene actually is, I was only able to make it halfway through. I will return. It amazes me when a film disturbs me so much that I cannot watch it in one sitting. I had similar reactions to both Pasolini's "Salo" and to Cronenberg's "Crash".

But I'm curious to learn from anyone who might have a clue why Nino Rota's theme music from "Amarcord" (original orchestration) was put in this movie's first half and yet isn't credited on IMDb's list of "combined details".

Anybody who might offer some insight on this omission....thanks for posting it here....