In a Year with 13 Moons
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.
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18 people
Volker Spengler
Elvira Weishaupt
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Ingrid Caven
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Gottfried John
Anton Saitz
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GoldenEye
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Elisabeth Trissenaar
Irene Weishaupt
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The Marriage of Maria Braun
Eva Mattes
Marie-Ann
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Günther Kaufmann
Chauffeur
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World on a Wire
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Isolde Barth
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Karl Scheydt
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World on a Wire
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Walter Bockmayer
Seelen-Frieda
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Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
Salzstangen-Geflüster
Gerhard Zwerenz
Burghard Hauser
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
Peter Kollek
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Wall of Silence
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director · Peer Raben Composer Juliane Lorenz Editor
First release November 17, 1978 · Produced in Germany · Production Filmverlag der Autoren, Tango Film
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Pro-ject Filmproduktion
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Filmverlag der Autoren
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Tango Film
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Germany
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Original title
In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 17, 1978
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
July 8, 1981 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 24, 1980 · Theatrical
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