# The Commitments (1991)

**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Music

**Duration:** 118 min

**IMDb:** [7.6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101605/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.8](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-commitments/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 90%, Popcornmeter: 90%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1037024-commitments)

## Description

Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.

## Details

**Premiere:** 17 Oct 1991

**Director:** Alan Parker

**Cast:** Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy

**Countries:** Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

**Languages:** English, Irish

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** Yes

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG3uEHpUflA)

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

### 2026-10-07 (Wednesday)

- **[Luru-Kino in der Spinnerei](https://leipzig.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/393-luru-kino-in-der-spinnerei.md) (Alt-West):** [2026-10-07 19:00](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/2348716262/3668610464)  (OmU)
- **[Open-Air Kino in der Spinnerei](https://leipzig.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/395-open-air-kino-in-der-spinnerei.md) (Alt-West, Open-Air):** [2026-10-07 19:00](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/2348716262/3668610464)  (OmU)