Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
93 audience votes
Key crew
- Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector
- Rainer Werner FassbinderWriter
- Peer RabenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Volker SpenglerElvira Weishaupt
- Ingrid CavenZora la rouge
- Gottfried JohnAnton Saitz
- Elisabeth TrissenaarIrene Weishaupt
- Eva MattesMarie-Ann
- Günther KaufmannChauffeur
- Lilo PempeitSchwester Gudrun
- Isolde BarthSybille
- Karl ScheydtHacker
- Walter BockmayerSeelen-Frieda
- Gerhard ZwerenzBurghard Hauser
- Peter KollekSaeufer
Stills
Themes
frankfurt am main, germanysex changeslaughterhousetranssexuallgbtgay theme