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Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (1981)
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Release Date:
2 April 1981 (USA)
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At 12 it was Angel Dust. At 13 it was heroin. Then she took to the streets. more
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This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F....
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Germany
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2 wins
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One of the most thought-provoking, interesting and disturbing films I have ever seen
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Natja Brunckhorst | ... | Christiane |
| Thomas Haustein | ... | Detlev |
| Jens Kuphal | ... | Axel |
| Rainer Woelk | ... | Leiche (as Rainer Wölk) |
| Jan Georg Effler | ... | Bernd |
| Christiane Reichelt | ... | Babsi |
| Daniela Jaeger | ... | Kessi |
| Kerstin Richter | ... | Stella |
 | David Bowie | ... | Himself |
| Eberhard Auriga | ... | Alter Fixer |
| Peggy Bussieck | ... | Puppi |
| Lothar Chamski | ... | Rolf |
| Uwe Diderich | ... | Klaus |
| Ellen Esser | ... | Kessis Mutter |
| Andreas Fuhrmann | ... | Atze |
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Also Known As:
Christiane F. (International: English title)
Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (West Germany) (working title)
We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (USA)
Zoo (UK)
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Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (West Germany) (working title)
We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (USA)
Zoo (UK)
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138 min | 131 min (cut version)
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Iceland:16 |
Finland:K-16 (cut) (1981) |
UK:18 (video) (1986) (cut) |
UK:18 (video) (2000) (uncut) |
UK:X (theatrical release) (1981) (cut) |
New Zealand:R16 |
Germany:16 |
Norway:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16 |
Australia:R
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Factual errors: Christiane F. plays the David Bowie album, "ChangesOneBowie," in her room. But the song that is heard - the German version of "Heroes" ("Helden") - is not on that particular record.
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Movie Connections:
Features Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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Heroes/Helden
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I really wasn't prepared for this film, or was I? I had been recommended it, and told it was disturbing, but it certainly had a massive effect on me.
Christiane F is the true story of a girl who gets seduced by the German nightlife and David Bowie, and slowly drifts onto heroin.
There are several disturbing parts of this movie. The heroin/prostitution scenes are disturbing, but I didn't get disturbed by these as much as I did the story. The media would have us believe that heroin users and dealers are monsters and don't have a right to live. The people in this movie are real, and easy to identify with.
I definitely recommend this movie, and compared to Trainspotting (a film I also enjoyed) is much more realistic.