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Hester Baer

Hester Baer is a professor of German and cinema and media studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has written widely on German film.

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Christiane F.: Up Against the Wall

Uli Edel’s harrowing tale of youth rebellion is one of cinema’s greatest Berlin films, a visceral urban portrait that captures the city’s doom and decadence during the Cold War era.

By Hester Baer

Essays— Oct 19, 2026