# Polyester (1981)

**Genres:** Comedy

**Duration:** 85 min

**IMDb:** [7.0](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082926/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.8](https://letterboxd.com/film/polyester/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 93%, Popcornmeter: 81%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/polyester)

## Description

A suburban homemaker's world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet.

## Details

**Premiere:** 29 May 1981

**Director:** John Waters

**Cast:** Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mink Stole, Joni Ruth White, Hans Kramm, Stiv Bators, Rick Breitenfeld, Michael Watson

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNlEp5qH3E)

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

### 2026-05-29 (Friday)

- **[Filmclub 813](/cinemas/269-filmclub-813.md) (Innenstadt):** [2026-05-29 20:00](https://filmclub-813.de)  (OmU)