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.
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Auto-generatedDirected by Uli Edel, this 1981 drama offers an unflinching portrait of Berlin's late-1970s drug scene, following a teenage girl drawn from clubland curiosity into addiction. As she falls in with a circle where drug use is the norm, her descent becomes increasingly difficult to escape. Bleak and harrowing, the film refuses to glamorize its subject, instead documenting the toll of dependency on the young with stark honesty. Its mood is raw and cautionary. The film is intended for mature audiences and viewers who appreciate hard-hitting social realism and sobering, uncompromising stories about addiction and lost youth. MagicMovieScore: 7.3.
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Natja Brunckhorst
Christiane
Thomas Haustein
Detlev
Jens Kuphal
Axel
Rainer Woelk
Leiche (as Rainer Wölk)
David Bowie
David Bowie
Eberhard Auriga
Alter Fixer
Peggy Bussieck
Puppi
Lothar Chamski
Rolf
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Movie Info
Release Date
April 2, 1981
Runtime
2h 11m
Rating
R
Genres
Drama
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