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Elvira Weishaupt (Volker Spengler), 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. The emotionally fractured Elvira visits influential acquaintances and old haunts in hopes of putting the pieces of her life back together -- and of confronting her lost love.
Original Release
11/17/1978
US Release
06/11/1980
Cast
Name | Character |
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Volker Spengler | Elvira Weishaupt / Erwin / Erwin/Elvira Weishaupt |
Ingrid Caven | Die rote Zora / Zora la rouge |
Gottfried John | Anton Saitz |
Elisabeth Trissenaar | Irene Weishaupt |
Eva Mattes | Marie-Ann Weishaupt / Marie-Ann |
Günther Kaufmann | J. Smolik, Chauffeur / Chauffeur |
Lilo Pempeit | Schwester Gudrun |
Isolde Barth | Sybille |
Karl Scheydt | Christoph Hacker / Hacker |
Walter Bockmayer | Seelenfrieda / Seelen-Frieda |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Volker Spengler | Elvira Weishaupt / Erwin / Erwin/Elvira Weishaupt |
Ingrid Caven | Die rote Zora / Zora la rouge |
Gottfried John | Anton Saitz |
Elisabeth Trissenaar | Irene Weishaupt |
Eva Mattes | Marie-Ann Weishaupt / Marie-Ann |
Günther Kaufmann | J. Smolik, Chauffeur / Chauffeur |
Lilo Pempeit | Schwester Gudrun |
Isolde Barth | Sybille |
Karl Scheydt | Christoph Hacker / Hacker |
Walter Bockmayer | Seelenfrieda / Seelen-Frieda |
Peter Kollek | Saeufer |
Bob Dorsay | Selbstmörder |
Gerhard Zwerenz | Burghard Hauser, Schriftsteller / Burghard Hauser |
Janez Bermež | Oskar Pleitgen |
Günther Holzapfel | Angestellter H. H. Brei |
Ursula Lillig | Putzfrau |
Augusto Pinochet | Self |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Producer |