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Christiane F.

"The image of a generation."

73
Audience
R 1981 · 2h 11m
Drama
Starring Natja Brunckhorst · Christiane Lechle · Stanislaus Solotar
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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.

Theatrical
Apr 2, 1981
Budget
$4.0M
Theaters
1
Director
Uli Edel
Writer
Herman Weigel
Producers
Bertram Vetter, Bernd Eichinger, Hans Weth
Music
Jürgen Knieper
Studio
CLV-Filmproduktions, Solaris Film, Maran Film, Popular Filmproduktion
Original Title
Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Original Language
German
Keywords
berlin, germany junkie heroin prostitution illegal drugs dramatic critical intense complicated informative
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Cast

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N
Natja Brunckhorst
Christiane
C
Christiane Lechle
Christiane's Mother
S
Stanislaus Solotar
Stottermaxe
D
David Bowie
David Bowie
C
Carlos Alomar
Carlos Alomar (uncredited)
W
Wolfgang Bathke
Freier im Auto (uncredited)
R
Renate Küster
Mutter der Freundin (voice) (uncredited)

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