Compilation/Packaged Set: The Fassbinder Collection II
Barcode 69502674621
Release Date 2006
Purchase Date 10/13/2016
Purchase Price $14.50
Store Amazon.com - OffWorld Cinema
Condition New
Volume II includes two films: In a Year with 13 Moons, and Martha.

In A Year With 13 Moons (In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden)
Fantoma Films (1978)
Drama, Foreign, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
In Collection
#558
8*
Seen ItYes
(10/13/2016 Home)
695026704621
IMDB   7.5
124 mins Germany / German
DVD  Region 1
Volker Spengler Erwin/Elvira Weishaupt
Ingrid Caven Die rote Zora
Gottfried John Anton Saitz
Elisabeth Trissenaar Irene Weishaupt
Eva Mattes Marie-Ann Weishaupt
Gunther Kaufmann J. Smolik, Chauffeur
Lilo Pempeit Schwester Gudrun
Isolde Barth Sybille
Karl Scheydt Christoph Hacker
Walter Bockmayer Seelenfrieda
Peter Kollek Saeufer
Bob Dorsay Selbstmörder
Gerhard Zwerenz Burghard Hauser, Schriftsteller
Volker Spengler Erwin
Gunther Kaufmann J. Smolik / Chauffeur
Gerhard Zwerenz Burghard Hauser / Schriftsteller
Janez Bermez Oskar Pleitgen
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Self
Günther Holzapfel Angestellter H. H. Brei
Ursula Lillig Putzfrau
Augusto Pinochet Self
Director/Choreographer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Producer Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writer/Composer Rainer Werner Fassbinder (screenplay)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cinematography Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Music Peer Raben


Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher named Erwin, 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.
Edition Details
Original Title In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden
Distributor Fantoma Films
Release Date 1978
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 10/11/2016
Location Personal Library - Fassbinder Collection
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon.com
Condition New
Tags transgender
Links ++ Review: Jim Clarks Reviews (Must Read)
+ Review: NY Times (Vincent Canby)
+ Review: Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)
‡ BFI: Ten Great Transgender Films
In A Year With 13 Moons at Core for Movies
TheMovieDb.org
IMDB

Features
Video Introduction by filmmaker Richard Linklater.
Audio Commentary by editor Julian Lorenz.
Love and Despair: A conversation with Werner Schroeter.
An Interview with Juliane Lorenz.
Liner notes by Robert Kolker.

Notes
A beautiful and haunting film made soon after the suicide of Fassbinder's lover, Armin Meier -- As one might expect, it is perhaps his most personal work -- He wrote, directed, designed, photographed and edited it himself, and, it is said, he laid bare his most profound feelings and ideas -- I have a general policy of not reading indepth reviews prior to viewing a film, except insofar as they may be a guide to films I may want to view or add to my collection -- Let yourself go with the flow on this one, then read Jim Clark's review and commentary (in the Links section) -- You will probably want to see the film again.