In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Movie · 124 min · ★ 6.6 · 74% critics
A person makes a life-altering change in the name of love, only to be left behind by the one they hoped to keep. As they try to live with a new identity, they face painful memories, social pressures, and the challenge of reconciling who they were with who they are now.
Also known as In a Year of Thirteen Moons · In a Year of 13 Moons
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Details
- Original title
- In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden
- Years
- 1978
- Release date
- 1978-11-17
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (90 votes)
About
You’ll likely appreciate this if you want an intense, emotionally raw drama about identity and abandonment, in the vein of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant or Fox and His Friends; Not for you if you prefer light, uplifting stories.
Pros: raw emotional honesty; challenging character study; provocative themes | Cons: heavy subject matter; bleak tone; slow, demanding pace
Themes
- frankfurt am main, germany
- sex change
- slaughterhouse
- transsexual
- lgbt
- gay theme
Cast & crew
Volker Spengler
as Elvira Weishaupt
Ingrid Caven
as Zora la rouge
Gottfried John
as Anton Saitz
Elisabeth Trissenaar
as Irene Weishaupt
Eva Mattes
as Marie-Ann
Günther Kaufmann
as Chauffeur
Lilo Pempeit
as Schwester Gudrun
Isolde Barth
as Sybille
Karl Scheydt
as Hacker
Walter Bockmayer
as Seelen-Frieda
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder