# It Was Just an Accident (2025)

**German title:** Ein einfacher Unfall


**Genres:** Drama

**Duration:** 105 min

**Age rating:** FSK 16

**IMDb:** [7.4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36491653/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.0](https://letterboxd.com/film/it-was-just-an-accident/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 98%, Popcornmeter: 93%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_was_just_an_accident)

## Description

A small mishap triggers a chain reaction of ever-growing problems.

## Details

**Premiere:** 08 Jan 2026

**Director:** Jafar Panahi

**Cast:** Madjid Panahi

**Countries:** France, Luxembourg

**Languages:** Persian

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oHw2ubyWE4)

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

### 2026-06-30 (Tuesday)

- **[Schaubühne Lindenfels](/cinemas/399-schaubuhne-lindenfels.md) (Alt-West):** [2026-06-30 22:00](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/1898834974/3543304471)  (OmU)