# Possession (1981)

**Genres:** Horror

**Duration:** 119 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [7.3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082933/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.0](https://letterboxd.com/film/possession/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 87%, Popcornmeter: 76%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/possession_1983)

## Description

Two brothers could hardly be more different: Ryan is a carpenter, artist, and sensitive, loving husband, while Roman is a convicted drifter prone to violence. After a terrible car accident, both are in a coma. After months, Roman awakens - and believes he is Ryan. Ryan's wife Jess is both attracted and repelled. Roman acts like her husband. And he knows things about their love that only Ryan could know. More and more, Jess is drawn to the familiar stranger. But the young woman can't shake the feeling that something evil surrounds her.

## Details


**Director:** Andrzej Żuławski

**Cast:** Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Leslie Malton, Margit Carstensen, Harry Riebauer, Carl Duering, Heinz Bennent, Shaun Lawton, Johanna Hofer, Michael Hogben, Maximilian Rüthlein, Thomas Frey

**Countries:** France, Germany

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

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

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

### 2026-08-07 (Friday)

- **[Metropol](/cinemas/333-metropol.md) (Bilk):** [2026-08-07 21:30](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/1856872676/3610198397)  (OmU)