Christiane F. (1981)

Original title

Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

Directed by

Uli Edel

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 18m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 1,446 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 13-year-old girl in 1970s West Berlin falls into heroin addiction. The film follows her journey from boredom and curiosity to a desperate life on the streets.

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What happens

Christiane F. (German: Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, de ) is a 1981 West German biographical drama film directed by Uli Edel. It depicts the descent of Christiane Felscherinow, a bored and depressed 13-year-old coming of age in 1970s West Berlin, to a 14-year-old heroin addict. Based on the 1978 non-fiction book Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F., transcribed and edited from tape recordings by Kai Hermann and Horst Rieck, the film immediately acquired cult status and features David Bowie as both composer and as himself. In 2013, Felscherinow published her autobiography Christiane F. – My Second Life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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