Christiane F. — The image of a generation.

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Christiane F.

Name: Christiane F.
Genre: Drama
Released: 1981-04-02
Duration: 2 h 11 min
Rating: 3.75
Cast: Eberhard Auriga, Natja Brunckhorst, Peggy Bussieck, Lothar Chamski, Uwe Diderich

1981 7.5 20.1K R views saved

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.

Countries: DE

Languages: German

Content Rating: R

Runtime: 2hrs 11min

Status: Released

Release date: 1981-04-02

Release format: Streaming — Apr 02, 1981

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@norlicht 5 months ago

Loved the soundtrack I mean DAVID BOWIE? and also unpopular opinion Detlev didn't forced her to do anything she was into drugs at the beginning.

@smallclone 6 years ago

Finally got round to seeing it. Along with 'Requiem', it's got to be the most powerful, raw, honest tale of addiction in film.

You can also see how it must have inspired countless other films along the way like 'Heaven Knows what', 'Trainspotting' and Beautiful Boy' etc.

But 'Christiane F' feels like a sort of watershed moment in this sub-genre of films. And the true story along with it's cult status in Germany at the time, makes it that much more engaging. The scenes of both shooting up 'H' and its withdrawl are terrifying. The film pretty much borders on horror at these moments. Natja Brunckhorst is superb as Christiane, with her naivety and frailty balanced very well.

This is a must watch for anybody intetested in brutally honest tales of addiction, or just great film-making.

Also, David Bowie rocked.

@siggi963 7 months ago

The movie from the bestseller about teenagers becoming har drug addicts and the consequences. Very hard to watch at times as it is close to reality.

@ezrapace 10 years ago

Actors recite bad. The film has aged badly.

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