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Christiane F.

Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

1981
Germany
feature film - Drama
138 min. (3590 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

short description

Film about a 15 year old schoolgirl that becomes a heroin addicted prostitute.

Cast

Actor/-ess: Natja Brunckhorst (Christiane F.); Thomas Haustein (Detlef); Jens Kuphal (Axel); Rainer Wölk (Leiche); Jan Georg Effler (Bernd); Christiane Reichelt (Babsi); Daniela Jaeger (Kessi); Kerstin Richter (Stella); David Bowie (himself); Eberhard Auriga (Alter Fixer); Peggy Bussiek (Puppi); Lothar Chamski (Rolf); Uwe Diederich (Klaus); Andreas Fuhrmann (Atze); Lutz Hemmerling (Bienenstich); Bernhard Janson (Milan); Christiane Lechle (Christianes Mutter); Kerstin Malessa (Tina); Cathrine Schabeck (Linda); Stanislaus Solotar (Stottermaxe); Ellen Esser (Kessis Mutter)

Direction

Director: Uli Edel

Assistant director: Petra Materne; Babette Kirchhoff

Directing (other): Roland Klick (original director, fired two week prior shooting)

Writing

Screenplay: Herman Weigel; Horst Rieck (Book »Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo«)

Screenplay contributor: Uli Edel

Based on: Kai Hermann (Book »Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo«)

Script supervisor: Berno Kürten

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Justus Pankau; Jürgen Jürges

Assistant camera / focus puller: Gerd Stallmann; Achim Poulheim; Hans-Günther Bücking

Still photographer: Klaus Hemme; Donna Svennevik

Lighting design: Slavko Hitrov; Simon Kleebauer; Günther Krafft

Decor

Set design: Rainer Schaper; Holger Scholz; Myrella Bordt

Property master: Holger Scholz

Stand-by props: Udo Gaidosch

Construction manager: Helmut Pospich; Helmut Donath

Make-up artist: Colin Arthur

Costume design: Myrella Bordt

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Jane Seitz

Assistant editor: Carola Mai

Sound editor: Sybille Windt

Sound: Lothar Mankewitz

Sound assistant: Hieronymus Würden

Audio mixing: Hans-Dieter Schwarz

Consultancy: Christiane Felscherinow

Music

Music: David Bowie; Jürgen Knieper

Production

Producer: Bernd Eichinger; Hans Weth

Co-Producer: Hans H. Kaden

Editorial department: Bertram Vetter (SDR)

Unit production manager: Harald Muchametow; Sabine Eichinger

Location manager: Peter Rothkopf; Edgar Hinz

Companies

Production company: Solaris Filmproduktions GmbH; Maran Film GmbH; Popular-Film GmbH; CLV-Filmproduktions GmbH

in Co-Production: Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR)

Filminfos

shooting period: 8/12/1980 – 12/5/1980

premiere: 4/2/1981 – Walhalla, Wiesbaden, Germany

Format: 35mm; 1,66:1; Eastmancolor; mono

language: german

Film Infos: IMdB; filmportal; wikipedia

register & tags

Tags: Prostitution; Drugs

Connected Films

Film suggestion: Drifter [2007]; Rent Boys (Die Jungs vom Bahnhof Zoo) [2011]

other versions: We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo) [2021]

features in: Roland Klick - The Heart is a Hungry Hunter [2013]

Shooting Locations see on map

Location shooting: Mehringplatz 5 (subway ride); U-Bahnhof Hallesches Tor (subway ride, cont.); U-Bahnhof Möckernbrücke (subway ride end); Magdeburger Platz (Christiane changes her shoes); Genthiner Straße 26 (Discothèque »Sound«); Johannisthaler Chaussee Subway Station (Gropiusstadt); ehem. Broadway (City Passage); Europa-Center (Europa-Center); U-Bahnhof Kurfürstendamm (subway station); Anhalter Steg (subway ride); CityCube Berlin (David Bowie concert, Deutschlandhalle); Zoologischer Garten Railway Station (zoo station); Jebensstraße 7 (back of Zoo station); Bülowstraße Subway Station (toilet); central bus station ZOB (Christiane & Detlef part); U-Bahneinfahrt Dennewitzstraße (subway ride); Bülowstraße & Potsdamerstraße (Christiane sells her records); Genthiner Straße & Kurfürstenstraße (prostitutes); S-Bahnbogen Kantstraße (Christiane walks); Joachimsthaler Straße & Kantstraße (Christiane reads about Babsi's death)