In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)

6.6/10 124 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Volker Spengler

Elvira Weishaupt

Ingrid Caven

Zora la rouge

Gottfried John

Anton Saitz

Elisabeth Trissenaar

Irene Weishaupt

Eva Mattes

Marie-Ann

Günther Kaufmann

Chauffeur

Lilo Pempeit

Schwester Gudrun

Isolde Barth

Sybille

Karl Scheydt

Hacker

Walter Bockmayer

Seelen-Frieda

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ursula Lillig

Putzfrau (uncredited)

Augusto Pinochet

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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