Christiane F.

Synopsis

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.

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Streaming availability

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Criterion Channel

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Cast

Natja Brunckhorst

Christiane

Thomas Haustein

Detlev

Jens Kuphal

Axel

Rainer Woelk

Leiche

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Jan Georg Effler

Bernd

Christiane Reichelt

Babsi

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Daniela Jaeger

Kessi

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Kerstin Richter

Stella

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Eberhard Auriga

Old Junkie

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Lothar Chamski

Rolf

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Ellen Esser

Kessi's Mother

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Uwe Diderich

Klaus

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Andreas Fuhrmann

Atze

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Lutz Hemmerling

Bienenstich

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Bernhard Janson

Milan

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Christiane Lechle

Christiane's Mother

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Kerstin Malessa

Tina

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Cathrine Schabeck

Linda

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Peggy Bussieck

Puppi

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Stanislaus Solotar

Stottermaxe

Crew

Art

• Holger Scholz Set Decoration
• Sabine Eichinger Production Design
• Rainer Schaper Set Decoration
• Harald Muchametow Production Design

Camera

• Jürgen Jürges Director of Photography
• Justus Pankau Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Myrella Bordt Costume Design
• Colin Arthur Makeup Artist

Directing

• Uli Edel Director

Editing

• Jane Seitz Editor

Production

• Bertram Vetter Producer
• Hans Weth Producer
• Bernd Eichinger Producer

Sound

• Jürgen Knieper Original Music Composer
• Sybille Windt Sound Editor
• Lothar Mankewitz Sound

Writing

• Herman Weigel Screenplay
• Christiane Felscherinow Book
• Horst Rieck Book
• Kai Hermann Book