Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, Jens Kuphal

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 ...( read more  read more... )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.

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R, 130 min.

Directed by: Uli Edel

Release Date: April 2, 1981

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DVD Release Date: July 3, 2001

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  • September 15, 2009
    a grim and realistic film about a 14 yr old girl's descent into the underworld of drugs and prostitution in 70's berlin. based on a true story. i might rate this higher if not for the bad dubbing which made it very hard to judge the acting. soundtrack and concert cameo by davi...( read more)d bowie, whose name the voice actors couldn't even pronounce correctly. damn netflix
  • July 25, 2008
    What an awakening film. Probably the most accurate movie on the sickening world of drugs. Great performance by the girl who plays Christiane. One of Germany's based-on-true-events greatest drama films ever.
  • June 29, 2007
    One of the most verosimil, startling, crude, and disturbing cinema vérité about a 14 year old playing with death in the heart of europe's capital of heroin.
  • September 25, 2009
    A tale about a young German girl, Christiane, who loves David Bowie. She starts going to clubs to hear his, and others' music at these clubs, drink and generally have a fun time in 1970's Berlin, but eventually, things spiral out of control as she falls for a local guy who has a ...( read more)drug addiction. Being an impressionable 14 year old, she decides she wants to feel like he does, in order to become closer to him. So, to do so, she starts taking valium, then LSD, then heroine. She becomes an addict, alongside her boyfriend, her life spirals out of control, she turns to prostitution and stealing. Although she does get clean in the end, there is a lot of sadness in the ending and throughout the film. Downbeat - just the way I like it. Based on a true story.
  • August 26, 2009
    extraordinary acting
  • August 4, 2009
    When I first saw this movie I was sceptical. I thought it would be boring for it be based in a true story of an addicted teen ager... How wrong I was!

    This movie portrays the inside of many young girls' heart with accuracy.
    She's like many girls out there but with a bad fate. Sh...( read more)e falls in love with the kind of guy that your parents always warn you about... sad end.
    He introduces her to the underground world with all it has though with an overdose of the worst drugs and prostitution.

    Why you should whatch this: It happens all the time all around the world. It could even happen with someone really close to you, sometimes we need to get shocked to not let it happens with someone we love.

    You'll see how drugs transform a person's life. She starts to live indeed like a zumbie, her body got skinny and even her typical female vanity is pulled to give place to her addiction. Fantatic true story and definitely SHOCKING.
  • July 8, 2009
    Il libro č molto meglio, perň.
  • July 5, 2009
    pretty intense, fucking adore the david bowie obsession and concert cameo
  • July 4, 2009
    The best movie about junkes I've ever seen! Fascinating and so true! Usually in movies like this actors still look beautiful even if they play people with deep addiction. In this movie you'll see dirty hair and nails and skinny bodies. Wonderful actors and soundtrack.
  • June 20, 2009
    "Children of the Bahnhof Zoo". First movie I ever saw about drug addiction. She falls in love with a junkie and starts doing heroin to be with him. They both become prostitutes, her friend dies of an overdose, a junkie steals her fix in the ladies room and shoots himself up in th...( read more)e neck in front of screaming old lady, and finally has enough after watching her boyfriend getting it up the butt to pay for HER drugs. Nice David Bowie cameo, but I don't remember what song he performed.

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  • laviniatuigamala
    June 19, 2007
    When I first saw this I was intentionally hooked cos it was a true story..I was in tune all the way...

    loved it...if you wanna get emo get down wif this movie cos it happening for you lolz.

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