''In a Year of 13 Moons'' (german: In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden) is a 1978 West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

directed by

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder's mai ...

and starring

Volker Spengler Volker Spengler (; 16 February 1939 – 8 February 2020) was a German stage and film actor. Spengler was best known to international audiences as a member of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's acting ensemble, including his role as the transse ...

. 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 ''Beware of a Holy Whore'' (german: Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte) is a 1971 West German drama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder that features Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla and Fassbinder himself. Fassbind ...

''.

Cast

as Erwin / Elvira Weishaupt *

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as Rote Zora *

Gottfried John Gottfried John (; 29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A long-time collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in nine of the filmmaker's projects between 1975 and 1981, the year befor ...

as Anton Saitz * Elisabeth Trissenaar as Irene Weishaupt * Eva Mattes as Marie-Ann Weishaupt * Günther Kaufmann as J. Smolik, chauffeur * Lilo Pempeit 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

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Official website
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