Film details
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Country
Federal Republic of Germany
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Year
1978
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Genres
Romance Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- In a Year of 13 Moons Alternative
Introduction
This devastating elegy for doomed love is dedicated to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s lover Armin Meier, who had recently committed suicide.
Elvira (Volker Spengler), a lonely transsexual, embarks on a melancholy odyssey through modern Frankfurt, reviewing the various failed relationships of her life.
This dark cinematic tapestry is interwoven with sinister fairy tales, anecdotes of despair, quotations from Schopenhauer and music of all kinds.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Elvira Weishaupt
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Rote Zora
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Anton Saitz
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Irene
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Marie-Ann
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J. Smolik, chauffeur
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Sister Gudrun
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Sybille
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Hacker
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Seelenfrieda
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drunk
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thug in street
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cleaning woman
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H.H. Brei, Saitz's clerk
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Oskar Pleitgen
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Burghard Hauer, author
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man on television
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