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Summary:

In a year with 13 moons: Erwin Weishaupt gets a sex change operation to please the boyfriend who no longer loves him. Now, as Elvira, he/she resents the change.
Martha: When her domineering father collapses of a heart attack during their vacation in Rome, virginal spinster Martha encounters the man of her dreams, the sadistic engineer Helmut. Their marriage soon becomes a chamber piece of matrimonial terror.

Table of Contents:

• In a year with 13 moons
• Martha.

Contributors:

Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982

Märthesheimer, Peter, 1937-2004

Spengler, Volker

Caven, Ingrid

John, Gottfried, 1942-2014

Carstensen, Margit, 1940-2023

Böhm, Karlheinz, 1928-2014

Languages:

German
English

Language Notes:

In German (Dolby digital mono.) with English subtitles.

Subjects:

German language films

Gender transition — Germany — Drama

Marriage — Drama

Abusive men — Drama

Wives — Drama

Foreign films

Motion pictures, German

Gender transition — Hormone therapy — Germany — Drama

Gender reassignment surgery — Germany — Drama

Gender transition

Marriage

Abusive men.

Wives

Gender transition — Hormone therapy

Gender reassignment surgery

Germany

Genres:

Foreign language films

Feature films

Drama

Performers:

Cast: In a year with 13 moons: Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Eva Mattes. Martha: Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Bohm, Barbara Valentin, Peter Chatel, Gisela Fackeldey, Adrian Hoven.

Production Credits:

In a year with 13 moons: music, Peer Raben with songs by Roxy Music and Suicide. Martha: Director/writer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder; producer, Peter Marthesheimer director of photography, Michael Ballhaus; editor, Liesgret Schmitt-Klink.

General Notes:

Title from container.
Originally produced as motion pictures in Germany in 1974 (Martha) and 1978 (In a year with 13 moons).
Additional material: In a year with 13 moons: introduction by Richard Linklater, audio commentary and interview with Juliane Lorenz, a conversation with Werner Schroester, liner notes by Robert Kolker. Martha: feature length documentary featuring interviews with Fassbinder's collaborators, liner notes by Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Aspect ratio; In a year with 13 moons: 1.78:1 enhanced for 16X9 TVs: Martha: 1.33:1, anamorphic widescreen.

Audience:

No BBFC rating.

Physical Description:

2 DVD videos (approximately 124 + 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

FAS 1974 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Fantoma: FAN7046DVD

OCLC Numbers:

1053094596
614935090 [Invalid]