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Christiane F.

The image of a generation.

1981★ 7.3 · 1.5K2h 11mDrama

Overview

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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Cast

David Bowie
as David Bowie

Natja Brunckhorst
as Christiane

Thomas Haustein
as Detlev

Christiane Reichelt
as Babsi

Rainer Woelk
as Leiche (as Rainer Wölk)

Wolfgang Bathke
as Freier im Auto (uncredited)

Jens Kuphal
as Axel

Renate Küster
as Mutter der Freundin (voice) (uncredited)

Carlos Alomar
as Carlos Alomar (uncredited)

Eberhard Auriga
as Alter Fixer

Peggy Bussieck
as Puppi

Lothar Chamski
as Rolf

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7.3/ 10

1.5K TMDB votes

7.3

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Release date: 1981-04-02

Budget: $4,000,000

Runtime: 2h 11m

Genres

Drama

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