# *Breaking Away* (1979)

**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Sport

**Duration:** 101 min

**IMDb:** [7.7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.0](https://letterboxd.com/film/breaking-away/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 95%, Popcornmeter: 88%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/breaking_away)

## Description

A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.

## Details

**Premiere:** 04 Nov 2026 (in 13 days)

**Director:** Peter Yates

**Cast:** Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley, Robyn Douglass, Hart Bochner, Amy Wright, Peter Maloney, John Ashton, Lisa Shure

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English, Italian, French

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijT_4EmWETk)

## Showtimes in Hamburg in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-11-04 (Wednesday)

- **[Metropolis Kino](https://hamburg.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/163-metropolis-kino.md) (Mitte):** [2026-11-04 21:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/hamburg/metropolis-kino/vorstellung/3682827036)  (OV)