# Sunset Boulevard (1950)

**German title:** Boulevard der Dämmerung


**Genres:** Drama, Romance

**Duration:** 110 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [8.4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043014/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.4](https://letterboxd.com/film/sunset-boulevard/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 98%, Popcornmeter: 95%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sunset_boulevard)

## Description

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

## Details

**Premiere:** 08 Apr 1951

**Director:** Billy Wilder

**Cast:** William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Franklyn Farnum, Larry J. Blake, Charles Dayton, Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQWqIA1-kvA)

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

### 2026-07-29 (Wednesday)

- **[Cinenova](/cinemas/267-cinenova.md) (Ehrenfeld):** [2026-07-29 20:00](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/koeln/cinenova-kino-koeln/vorstellung/459538)  (OV)