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Christiane F [VHS] [1981]

VHS ~ Natja Brunckhorst
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, Jens Kuphal, Rainer Woelk, Jan Georg Effler
  • Directors: Uli Edel
  • Writers: Uli Edel, Herman Weigel, Horst Rieck, Kai Hermann
  • Producers: Bernd Eichinger, Bertram Vetter, Hans Kaden
  • Format: PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language German
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Second Sight Films Ltd.
  • VHS Release Date: 28 Aug 2000
  • Run Time: 120 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004W0RU
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,417 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Synopsis

At 12 she smoked cannabis. At 13 she's hooked on heroin. At 14 she's working the streets. Documentary-type film using non-professional actors.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Frightening and unflinching, 13 Dec 2002
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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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent & authentic, 12 Feb 2006
By Dr. C. D. Connaughton (London, London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christiane F [DVD] [1981] (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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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Compulsory viewing, 1 Aug 2003
This review is from: Christiane F [DVD] [1981] (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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