Christiane F.

- 1981
- West Germany
- 2h 18min
- 18
- Directed by: Uli Edel
- Cast: Natja Brunckhorst, Eberhard Auriga, Peggy Bussieck, David Bowie
- Language: German
Prior to making Last Exit to Brooklyn, Edel made this unrelentingly grim portrait of drug addiction, based on the true story of a teenager who becomes hooked on heroin.
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Christiane F


(18) 120min (Arrow) Uli Edel’s grimy, influential 1981 docudrama about one young girl’s descent into the drug scene of 70s Berlin has lost none of its fury. Edel, who went on to direct Last Exit to Brooklyn and The Baader Meinhof Complex, uses…
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