Christiane F.
1981 · TMDB 7.3 · Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Directed by Uli Edel
A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.
Why it matters
Uli Edel's film, based on the true story of a teenage girl in West Berlin, depicts her descent into heroin addiction and prostitution in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. The film's unflinching realism, set to a David Bowie soundtrack, captures the allure of the drug scene as a refu...
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Released
- 1981-04-02
- Studio
- CLV-Filmproduktions
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- TMDB score
- 7.3
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