This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 1970s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14-year-old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-story...
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Eberhard Auriga | ... | Alter Fixer |
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Peggy Bussieck | ... | Puppi |
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Lothar Chamski | ... | Rolf |
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Rainer Woelk | ... | Leiche (as Rainer Wölk) |
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Uwe Diderich | ... | Klaus |
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Jan Georg Effler | ... | Bernd |
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Ellen Esser | ... | Kessis Mutter |
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Andreas Fuhrmann | ... | Atze |
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Thomas Haustein | ... | Detlev |
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Lutz Hemmerling | ... | Bienenstich |
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Daniela Jaeger | ... | Kessi |
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Bernhard Janson | ... | Milan |
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Jens Kuphal | ... | Axel |
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Christiane Lechle | ... | Christianes Mutter |
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This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 1970s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14-year-old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-story apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by 'The Sound', a new disco with the most modern equipment. Although legally she's too young, she asks a friend to take her. There, she meets Detlef, who's in a clique where everybody's on drugs. Step by step she gets drawn deeper into the scene. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords:
drugs | heroin | night life | dying young | west berlin west germany |Taglines:
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Distributor's official website for private individuals | Distributor's official website for professionnalsCountry:
West GermanyLanguage:
GermanRelease Date:
2 April 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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DEM 4,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Text: David Bowie (as Bowie)
Music: David Bowie (as Bowie)/Brian Eno (as Eno)
RCA Records
Courtesy Rolf-Budde-Verlag, Berlin
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The significance of the Berlin Zoo Station in the source book and film's sub-title and story is that it was the place which was a terminating point for many German teenagers who died there from drug overdoses in its squalid lavatory cells and cubicles. See more »Goofs
After Christiane meets two friends inside of the Zoo station building, all three leave through a door looking for Detlef (Christiane's boyfriend) where the male prostitutes stand in line. One of her friends (Axel) wears flares-type light blue jeans inside the station, but outside he suddenly wears slim-fit dark blue jeans. See more »Crazy Credits
"The Production likes to thank the 'Sound'-Team and determines the fact, that the 'Sound' has developed to be one of the most interesting youth-meeting points in the world. The drug-scene, as shown in the picture is not identical with that one in present." See more »Alternate Versions
French DVD release includes a French-language dubbed version running 125 minutes. See more »Soundtracks
Look back in AngerText: David Bowie (as Bowie)
Music: David Bowie (as Bowie)/Brian Eno (as Eno)
RCA Records
Courtesy Rolf-Budde-Verlag, Berlin
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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.