# Trainspotting (1996)

**German title:** Trainspotting - Neue Helden


**Genres:** Drama

**Duration:** 93 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [8.1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.2](https://letterboxd.com/film/trainspotting/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 90%, Popcornmeter: 93%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/trainspotting)

## Description

Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.

## Details

**Premiere:** 15 Aug 1996

**Director:** Danny Boyle

**Cast:** Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo, Eileen Nicholas, Susan Vidler, Pauline Lynch, Shirley Henderson

**Countries:** United Kingdom

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** Yes

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9v3UXKhVQM)

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

### 2026-08-21 (Friday)

- **[Luru-Kino in der Spinnerei](https://leipzig.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/393-luru-kino-in-der-spinnerei.md) (Alt-West):** [2026-08-21 20:45](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/2348716262/3600541455)  (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):** [2026-08-21 20:45](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/2348716262/3600541455)  (OmU)

### 2026-08-28 (Friday)

- **[Schaubühne Lindenfels](https://leipzig.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/399-schaubuhne-lindenfels.md) (Alt-West):** [2026-08-28 20:45](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/1898834974/3603619053)  (OmU)