milosprole9 I just re-watched this German movie called "Christiane F." (1981), it's still one of the best and most disturbing films about drugs. Not so many people seen this movie, but it definitely deserves more viewings. It's an excellent, realistic, but also creepy and disturbing movie based on a true story. It's about a 14-years-old Christiane F. who tries some drugs and gets hooked into a downward spiral that she cannot control.The actress who played Christiane was brilliant in her role. The cinematography is really beautiful! If you are a fan of "Requiem for a Dream" (2000), try with this one. It's way more disturbing and realistic. You all should to see this movie, it's in my top 15 of all time.

DegustateurDeChocolat Christiane F. is a movie that really catches the kind of melancholic and sad atmosphere of run-down suburbs and of its dwellers. The scenes are sometimes crude when, for example, Christiane and her boyfriend Detlef, in the attempt of getting clean from drugs, spend an entire night suffering for their effort not to do heroin: they sweat, they curse, they drink and then they vomit. Therefore the scenes are realistic, direct and truly engaging. The daily life of 14 years-old kids sadly rolls out with prostitution to buy drugs and doing drugs. But the saddest thing is that this vicious circle seems far from ending, as the drug-addicted youngsters seem to be too weak to overcome their addiction that will inevitably lead to death for some of them.

Bartholomew Normanicus In this delightful romp by German director, Uli Edel, we are whizzed through 70's era Berlin by pre-teen protagonist, Christiane F. Christiane, played by actress Natja Brunkhorst, is an adventurous young wunderkind eager for excitement, and together with her rambunctious cohorts, she seeks it out with aplomb in Berlin's burgeoning disco/heroin/prostitution scene. Taken by a school friend to a local nightclub at the tender age of 12, our young explorer finds herself amongst a colourful cast of junkies, queers and freaks. A little bit taken aback at first, her nerves are quickly tempered when a charming young fellow thrusts an acid trip into her mouth, a mere ten minutes after she'd entered the club. Unfortunately, this wasn't the only thing he wanted to thrust into her mouth so after spurning his advances she skips away into the arms of a more wholesome chap, Heroin addicted, male prostitute, Detlev.The two lovable scamps then embark on a fantastical romance that lights up the many shooting galleries and U-Bahn stations that made Berlin such a fun place to be for a young, fatally un-self-preservational teenager. Christiane's Mother haphazardly fails to read the writing on the wall, and when faced with the news that her now 13 year old daughter has permanently tattooed her own hand, she responds by buying her and her dope fiend boyfriend tickets to the upcoming David Bowie show. In a rather unimaginative appearance, Bowie shows up to play himself, and to further add to the predictability, he sings a song. It is at this show Christiane first tries heroin in an spunky attempt to stay close to the aloof (strung out) Detlev. As their drug addiction worsens, school naturally falls by the wayside, as does any semblance of ordinary life. A romeo and juliet for the 70s, their bond grows tighter and tighter, true, its a bond of heroin addiction and prostitution but tis a bond all the same.In one hilarious scene the pair actually try and withdraw together with obvious failed results including a quite comical vomiting scene. Once they get back on the smack, they settle into their habit with gusto, not even the deaths of practically all their friends can persuade these two headstrong rogues to give it up! Back on the game, we are treated to some splendid moments of depravity as the two fall deeper and deeper into an abyss of bloodless veins and sodomized flesh. Culminating in the exuberant scene in which Christiane hypocritically squeals at Detlev for taking it up the arse from a male punter before running off to do the same.In a rather abrupt and unexpected ending, Christiane is carted off to Hamburg to withdraw at her grandparents house, and we're left to imagine what became of der kinder vom Bahnof Zoo.

knucklebreather "Christiane F." is one of the first mainstream movies about heroin addicts, and perhaps the first about very young ones. Supposedly the film was quite shocking because of the age of the characters (and actors) as well as the graphic drug use scenes. We meet Christiane F. when she is 12 and already getting into hallucinogenic drugs. Her friends are all interested in heroin and she starts is deeply addicted and prostituting herself by age 14, as is her best friend Babsi, and her boyfriend Detlev.With the characters rapidly deteriorating before your eyes and stooping ever lower to get their "dough", this is definitely a downer of a movie, as I guess all heroin movies are, but given the ages of the characters and the stark setting of Berlin at the height of the cold war, this one is especially bleak save for a few brief moments of teenage bliss before they are all addicted to heroin, and David Bowie's performance (Bowie composed the soundtrack and performs a song, his name attached to the project quite possibly helped it be made and contributed considerably to its success).Made in 1981, "Christiane F." clearly paved the way for "Trainspotting", but really can't match it in terms of stylized drug use scenes and really exciting scenes set to perfectly chosen pop music, despite Bowie's role in the production. Actually this movie makes "Trainspotting" look downright cheerful. It is incredibly bleak and parts are quite difficult to watch, but that is due to its emotional power. Feel-good movie this isn't, but it's absolutely worth watching. Just don't expect it to leave you in a good mood.