# A Star Is Born (1976)

**Genres:** Drama, Music, Romance

**Duration:** 139 min

**Age rating:** FSK 12

**IMDb:** [6.1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075265/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.0](https://letterboxd.com/film/a-star-is-born-1976/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 37%, Popcornmeter: 62%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1019831-star_is_born)

## Description

Has-been singing idol John Norman Howard falls in love with young, up-and-coming songstress Esther Hoffman in Frank Pierson's version of the classic love story updated to the rock and roll era.

## Details

**Premiere:** 16 Dec 1976

**Director:** Frank Pierson

**Cast:** Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Oliver Clark, Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Marta Heflin, M.G. Kelly, Sally Kirkland, Joanne Linville, Uncle Rudy, Paul Mazursky

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8c-wzsSwTU)

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

### 2026-06-07 (Sunday)

- **[Metropolis Kino](/cinemas/163-metropolis-kino.md) (Mitte):** [2026-06-07 16:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino-hamburg/metropolis-kino/vorstellung/3537236406?appView=1)  (OV)