Christiane F. |  | Director: Uli Edel
Actors: Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, Jens Kuphal, Rainer Woelk, Jan Georg Effler
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
Buy New: $49.98
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 66065
Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.75:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 138 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.7 x 0.6
UPC: 014381078022
EAN: 0014381078022
ASIN: B00005KH2B
Theatrical Release Date: April 2, 1981
Release Date: July 3, 2001
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 31
 early 80's German film about heroin addiction.. June 14, 2009
James C. Ward (Tuscaloosa area AL, USA)
this film explores the world of 14 year old Christiane, a bored teen who is introduced to heroin through her boyfriend. Soon heroin takes over her life. The film's style is very straight-forward, without being melodramatic; almost like a documentary.
As the addiction takes over, we see the negative changes in her behavior and personality. A powerful film.
I found the film, however, too long; it clocks in at 2 hours, and 10 minutes. The editor could have sliced off about 20 minutes (at various points in the film) to make a "tighter" film...this is why I gave 3 stars instead of 4.
 A Masterpiece May 1, 2009
kinojay33
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It amazes me that this film isn't more widely known. It's nothing short of perfection--stellar acting, a brilliant "Berlin Era" soundtrack by David Bowie & gritty cinematography that perfectly captures the subject, the city and the time period. With the exception of a couple of Fassbinder films, no other film captures the aesthetic and essence of 1970s Berlin better.
This is also one of the most honest portrayals of drug abuse that I've ever seen put to celluloid. The director doesn't shy away from or attempt to glamorize the horrors of heroin withdrawal and addiction (and all the ugly things that come along with it), but he also doesn't demonize all drugs or the atmosphere of teenage hedonism that leads to drug experimentation either. It's a very even-handed, honest film, which not many "drug films" are.
Amazing film; definitely check this one out.
Almost a documentary April 24, 2009
Curt Rowlett
Christiane F. tells the true story of a 14 year old German girl's struggle with heroin addiction and her teenaged friends who support their habits by working as prostitutes in Berlin's infamous Bahnhof Zoo train station.
Based on the book of the same name, this film is quite shocking in its frank portrayal of both teen sexuality and drug use.
This film comes off as bleak at times, but there is an undercurrent of tenderness and innocence that is so real, you think you are watching a documentary.
Curt Rowlett,
Author of Labyrinth13
 Heroin, anyone? January 11, 2009
Tex Caledonia (Austin, Texas)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie depicts the ease with which so many people have fallen prey to heroin. Set in Germany in the '70's, it has a very gritty, urban feel to it and the acting is surprising good. It provides something of a historical perspective for film buffs whose library includes "The Man with the Golden Arm" and "Panic in Needle Park."
Still shocking after all these years August 8, 2008
Christine L. Peck (Tucson AZ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I first saw this movie as a teenager. Its raw gritty truthful protrayal of drug abuse stuck with me through the years. When my son was a young teen I had him watch it as well. To this day, he still has vivid memories of this movie. The book is equally as impacting, yet harder to find.
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