In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden

1978 [GERMAN]

Action / Drama

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 76% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81%
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 5235 5.2K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Photo
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Top cast

Walter Bockmayer Photo
Walter Bockmayer as Seelenfrieda
Volker Spengler Photo
Volker Spengler as Erwin / Elvira Weishaupt
Eva Mattes Photo
Eva Mattes as Marie-Ann Weishaupt
Gottfried John Photo
Gottfried John as Anton Saitz
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1.12 GB
1204*720
German 2.0
Not Rated
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24 fps
2 hr 4 min
Seeds 2
2.07 GB
1792*1072
German 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 4 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Petros T 2 / 10

It's a chore to sit through due to

It's a chore to sit through due to the unbelievably bloated, relentlessly expository and above all endless monologues, stilted acting, boring cinematography and almost total absence of a plot or dynamics. To add insult to injury, somewhere between the nonsense introduction and the incessant and artificial pseudo-philosophical ramblings that are disguised as dialogues, it tries hard to appear as an intellectual musing on life but comes off as self-indulgent, smart-ass and unbearably dull instead.
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

Fassbinder was known for his films dealing with

Fassbinder was known for his films dealing with emptional issues, people in despair and they are never loaded with happiness. In fact, I have not seen a scene from the guy with a pure glimse of joy. Here we meet Erwin, or Elvira as he likes to be called. He is transgendered and walks aroound in dresses and womens clothing. Back in 1978 this is not a trick to earn many friends outside the community of his but most people seem to accept him. The problem is that he does not accept himself. Thinking about the past and the life he never obtain is something that wrecks him and this shows a summer of his life where he pretty much are fed up with it all. Amazing acting by Volker Spengler as the lead in this daring and emotional film. It's rather long and at times it's also pretty boring. It's not repitative or dragged but it sticks with the same theme here and there's little development. When it takes little paths away from the main plot, it's rearly uplifting, like the guy hanging himself. I like the expermientation with added sounds and all and this is already a pretty left field film so that adds up. The slaughter house scene are a stand out, but it has little to do with the actual story. Still, that will be my clearest memory of this film. My third film from RWF I belive, and I place it in the middle scale from his works. 6.5 out of 10 tennis balls.
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