Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (film)
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Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 1970s, following tape recordings of Christiane F.
Synopsis
Fourteen-year-old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a small apartment in a typical multi-storey concrete apartment building in a dull neighbourhood in the outskirts of West Berlin. She's bored and lacks things to do and is sick and tired of living there. She hears of Sound, a new disco in the city center, called the most modern discotheque in Europe. Although she's legally too young to go to the disco, she dresses up in high heels and make-up and asks a friend from school to take her. At the disco she meets Detlef, who is a little older. He is in a clique where everybody is experimenting with various drugs. At first she takes pills and trips, but gradually she becomes drawn deeper into the drugs, eventually ending up as a heroin-addict and prostitute.
Cast and roles
- Natja Brunckhorst - Christiane F.
- Thomas Haustein - Detlef
- Jens Kuphal - Axel
- Rainer Woelk (credited as Rainer Wölk)
- Jan Georg Effler
- Christiane Reichelt - Babsi
- Daniela Jaeger - Kessi
- Kerstin Richter
- David Bowie - Himself
Factual errors
- Christiane F. plays the David Bowie album, "ChangesOneBowie," in her room. But the song that is heard -- the German version of "Heroes" ("Helden") -- is not on that particular record.
