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Christiane F.

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"The image of a generation."

Duration

2h 11m

Release

2 Apr 1981

Country

Germany

Language

German

Overview

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco with most modern equipment. Although she's legally 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.

Plot

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.

Cast

Natja BrunckhorstEberhard AurigaPeggy Bussieck

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.5/10Rotten Tomatoes: 80%

Details

Director

Uli Edel

Writers

Herman WeigelKai HermannHorst Rieck

Budget

$4,000,000

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations total

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