In a Year of 13 Moons

{{Short description|1978 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = In a Year of 13 Moons

| image = In a Year of 13 Moons film poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Rainer Werner Fassbinder

| producer = Rainer Werner Fassbinder

| writer = Rainer Werner Fassbinder

| starring = Volker Spengler
Ingrid Caven
Gottfried John

| music = Peer Raben

| cinematography = Rainer Werner Fassbinder

| editing = Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Juliane Lorenz

| distributor = Tango-Film
Filmverlag der Autoren

| released = {{film date|1978|11|17|df=yes}}

| runtime = 124 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

}}

In a Year of 13 Moons ({{langx|de|In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden}}) is a 1978 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Volker Spengler.{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/96366/In-a-Year-of-13-Moons/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525113309/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/96366/In-a-Year-of-13-Moons/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 May 2008 |title=New York Times: In a Year of 13 Moons |access-date=5 August 2008| first=Vincent |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=2008 | last=Canby}} The film was made in response to the suicide of Fassbinder's lover at the time, Armin Meier. In a "Top 10" list of his own films, Fassbinder placed In a Year of 13 Moons second, after Beware of a Holy Whore.{{cite book|title=The Anarchy of the Imagination: Interviews, Essays, Notes|date=October 1992|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=978-0801843693}}