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Christiane F [VHS]

Natja Brunckhorst (Actor), Eberhard Auriga (Actor), Uli Edel (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over | Format: VHS Tape
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Natja Brunckhorst, Eberhard Auriga, Peggy Bussieck, Lothar Chamski, Rainer Woelk
  • Directors: Uli Edel
  • Writers: Uli Edel, Herman Weigel, Horst Rieck, Kai Hermann
  • Producers: Bernd Eichinger, Bertram Vetter, Hans Kaden
  • Language: English
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Second Sight
  • VHS Release Date: 28 Aug 2000
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004W0RU
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 173,638 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Gritty drama based on the true confessions of 13-year-old Christiane (played here by Natja Brunckhorst), a girl who lives with her mother in a high-rise tower block, gets into drugs after visiting an ultra-modern disco known as the 'Sound', and eventually becomes a prostitute in order to pay for her heroin addiction. This hard-hitting film is set against the background music of David Bowie, who also appears briefly in a concert scene.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent & authentic 12 Feb 2006
By Dr. C. D. Connaughton
Format:DVD
An excellent film about the descent into drug addiction of a 14 year old girl living on a Berlin housing estate - from a beautiful girl to a drug-crazed zombie lookalike.
It all rings horribly true and the characters are all extremely likeable, which makes the story all the more horrific. The acting, the photography, the scripting, and the direction are all first class. Definitely 5 stars.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Compulsory viewing 1 Aug 2003
By "ukwheel"
Format:DVD
I still consider that the viewing of this film at the cinema some twenty years ago was the main reason I stayed on the straight and narrow.
Although slightly dated now, the message remains powerfully the same

EVERY school kid should me made to watch this film at about the age of 15 (The 18 rating is also dated - this needs reclassifying)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Frightening and unflinching 13 Dec 2002
By "starpower7"
Format:VHS Tape
It's difficult to do Christiane F justice in words, I could write pages and pages and I still wouldn't have got my point across. It is the most frightening, realistic, seedy, dark, dank and potent film I have ever seen. Edel and his fine young cast draw us into a world where even withdrawal is no way out, and the addicts, whilst being experienced junkies, clearly do not understand their situation - "we'll only smoke grass now and again." As the film progresses, the earlier "heroin chic" and constant referencing of David Bowie disappears, leaving only a world where there is no way out, just an ever-tightening circle of lies, false promises and bleakness. Look, just watch it, ok?
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars troubling film
There's little pleasure in watching a young beautiful girl pursue a drug fuelled path leading to moral and personal degradation and possible eventual destruction. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. K. H. Cobb
5.0 out of 5 stars All young teens should watch this movie
I watched this movie 30 years ago and it single handedly steered me away from drugs. I am just about to get my daughter to watch it and I hope it is as influential to her as it was... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Laura
4.0 out of 5 stars mj
very good movie - if you havent read the book! if you read the book, you will notice that most of the things that were in the book are not actually in the movie!
Published 8 months ago by mj
5.0 out of 5 stars Just as engrossing as the book
Really well acted, true to the book, underground movie which sums up well the 1970's Berlin teenage drug culture and set against a Bowie backdrop. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Michael Desmond
3.0 out of 5 stars anti drugs ?
Watched this film at school at 14 years of age as part of a social studies class and have to say the general reaction from classmates was that it quite glamorized drug use. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2011 by byekitty
1.0 out of 5 stars miss read advert !!
It's in German so it's now in the bin !!

my mistake completely, should have read the advert infull !!
Published on 23 Aug 2010 by Nige
5.0 out of 5 stars Well woth buying..
The Germans have made 3 classics-Downfall/Baader Meinhof and Christiane F.
tO THE PERSON WHO SAID ITS IN GERMAN-IT IS JUST PUT THE SUBTITLES ON. Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2010 by S. E. Taylor
4.0 out of 5 stars very good
very good film but made the mistake of buying in german language do not understand
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by D. Robinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Excellent film, excellent music a must see for all teenagers as a warning against drug abuse.
Published on 15 Dec 2009 by scruffy git
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark, deep dive into humanity
If you've never been addicted to anything then it is incredibly hard to understand how it starts and drives you to complete desperation. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2009 by David Wisely
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