# To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

**German title:** Leben und Sterben in L.A.


**Genres:** Action

**Duration:** 116 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [7.3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090180/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.0](https://letterboxd.com/film/to-live-and-die-in-la/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 89%, Popcornmeter: 78%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/to_live_and_die_in_la)

## Description

A Secret Service agent becomes obsessed with catching a ruthless counterfeiter.

## Details

**Premiere:** 06 Mar 1986

**Director:** William Friedkin

**Cast:** William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Dean Stockwell, Steve James, Robert Downey Sr., Michael Greene, Christopher Allport, Jack Hoar

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English, Arabic, Spanish

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

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

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

### 2026-07-12 (Sunday)

- **[Yorck-Kino](/cinemas/73-yorck-kino.md) (Kreuzberg):** [2026-07-12 19:40](https://www.yorck.de/en/checkout/seats?sessionid=1004-18969)  (OmU)