Christiane F.

"The image of a generation."

1981 2h 11m DE

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7.3

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7.5

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★7.3TMDB · 1,489🍅80%Rotten Tomatoes★7.5IMDB · 32,933

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“The image of a generation.”

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Cast

Natja Brunckhorst
Christiane
Thomas Haustein
Detlev
Jens Kuphal
Axel
Rainer Woelk
Leiche
Jan Georg Effler
Bernd
Christiane Reichelt
Babsi
Daniela Jaeger
Kessi
Kerstin Richter
Stella

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Uli Edel
Writers: Herman Weigel
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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45 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Uli Edel, shot by Jürgen Jürges. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jürgen Knieper. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jane Seitz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Natja Brunckhorst and Thomas Haustein and Jens Kuphal carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "The image of a generation.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0082176 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Uli Edel directs. Jürgen Jürges behind the camera. Jürgen Knieper scores. Jane Seitz cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
245 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Uli Edel, shot by Jürgen Jürges. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Jürgen Knieper. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Jane Seitz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Natja Brunckhorst and Thomas Haustein and Jens Kuphal carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The image of a generation.".
8IMDB entry: tt0082176 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "berlin, germany", "heroin", "junkie", "prostitution".
10Released under 18 different titles around the world.