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Christiane F. - tyttö metroasemalta

Original title: Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
  • 1981
  • K-16
  • 2h 18m
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7.5/10
27K
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David Bowie and Natja Brunckhorst in Christiane F. - tyttö metroasemalta (1981)
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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-a... Read allA 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.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.

  • Director
    • Uli Edel
  • Writers
    • Herman Weigel
    • Kai Hermann
    • Horst Rieck
  • Stars
    • Natja Brunckhorst
    • Eberhard Auriga
    • Peggy Bussieck
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    27K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,423
    165
    • Director
      • Uli Edel
    • Writers
      • Herman Weigel
      • Kai Hermann
      • Horst Rieck
    • Stars
      • Natja Brunckhorst
      • Eberhard Auriga
      • Peggy Bussieck
    • 92User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins

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    Natja Brunckhorst in Christiane F. - tyttö metroasemalta (1981)
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    Natja Brunckhorst
    Natja Brunckhorst
    • Christiane
    Eberhard Auriga
    • Alter Fixer
    Peggy Bussieck
    • Puppi
    Lothar Chamski
    • Rolf
    Rainer Woelk
    • Leiche
    • (as Rainer Wölk)
    Uwe Diderich
    • Klaus
    Jan Georg Effler
    • Bernd
    Ellen Esser
    • Kessis Mutter
    Andreas Fuhrmann
    • Atze
    Thomas Haustein
    • Detlef
    Lutz Hemmerling
    • Bienenstich
    Daniela Jaeger
    • Kessi
    Bernhard Janson
    • Milan
    Jens Kuphal
    • Axel
    Christiane Lechle
    • Christianes Mutter
    Kerstin Malessa
    • Tina
    Christiane Reichelt
    • Babsi
    Kerstin Richter
    • Stella
    • Director
      • Uli Edel
    • Writers
      • Herman Weigel
      • Kai Hermann
      • Horst Rieck
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    • Trivia
      Many extras and background artists appearing in the Sound Club and Railway Station scenes were real life youth, drug addicts, and prostitutes who were found by the production for the sequences involving crowds.
    • Goofs
      The actual Christiane F. started her drug problems actually with alcohol. This is not even mentioned in the movie.
    • Quotes

      Christiane: I felt so much, that I started to feel nothing.

    • Crazy credits
      Dedicated to: Andreas W. "Atze" (1960 - 77), Axel W. (1960 - 77), Babette D. "Babsi" (1963 - 77) and all others who didn't have the luck and strength to survive.
    • Alternate versions
      For its UK theatrical release the film was cut by 12 secs by the BBFC, though video versions were much heavier cut by over 5 minutes with all of the edits made to scenes showing the preparation and injection of heroin. The cuts were fully waived in 2000 for all video and DVD releases.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Conan the Barbarian/Christiane F./Partners/The Sword and The Sorcerer (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      V2 Schneider
      Written by David Bowie

      RCA Records

      Courtesy Rolf-Budde-Verlag, Berlin

    User reviews92

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    9/10
    We, the children from Bahnhof Zoo
    For a long time I had misgivings about this film. I thought that it would be like so many others, where a teenager enters in the world of drugs, lives through hell and, in the end, returns safely to the womb of family and society - in-between we are treated with edifying speeches delivered by mothers and/or fathers, with rights to tears and lots of sentimentality.

    This is not the case of "Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo". The film is direct and honest and shows the events as viewed by the children from Bahnhof Zoo. The film tries to show things as they are and be objective. No moralist speeches are given. That's why the film has such power. The first film scenes show Berlin in the night. The main attraction for Christiane and friends is the discotheque Sound. It all begins there.

    There are many night scenes in the film. The days look dark and gloomy. In the beginning their meeting place is Sound, but as the road becomes narrower, there remains only one place for them: The Bahnhof Zoo. Days and nights seem to merge more and more. And the day resembles more and more the night. A long night, a short step can lead to eternal night.

    This stuff almost begs to be treated in a sensationalistic way. But "Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo" is a serious film. It deserves to be seen.
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    • andrabem
    • Jun 26, 2007

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1981 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Christiane F.
    • Filming locations
      • Europa-Center, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany(highrise rooftop)
    • Production companies
      • Solaris Film
      • Maran Film
      • Popular Filmproduktion
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    • Budget
      • DEM 4,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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