Christiane F.
Plunging into the 1970s Berlin underground, this unforgettable portrait stands as one of the most harrowing films ever made about drug addiction. Based on the true story of Christiane Felscherinow—whose shocking memoir made her the face of a generation of troubled German youth—this bracing dramatization follows the alienated thirteen-year-old Christiane (Natja Brunckhorst) as she goes from popping pills to shooting heroin amid West Berlin’s infamous club scene, the highs of adolescent abandon giving way to an agonizing existence on the city’s desolate margins. An instant cult sensation on account of its authentically grimy location shooting and electrifying soundtrack by David Bowie, Christiane F. remains a haunting vision of a young life in free fall.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Uli Edel, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New interview with Edel
- New appreciation by filmmaker Sean Baker
- Interview from 2022 with actor Natja Brunckhorst
- Screen tests
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by scholar Hester Baer
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Uli Edel, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New interview with Edel
- New appreciation by filmmaker Sean Baker
- Interview from 2022 with actor Natja Brunckhorst
- Screen tests
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by scholar Hester Baer
Cast
- Natja Brunkhorst
- Christiane
- Thomas Haustein
- Detlef
- Jens Kuphal
- Axel
- Rainer Wölk
- Leiche
- Jan Georg Effler
- Bernd
- Christiane Reichelt
- Babsi
- Daniela Jaeger
- Kessi
- Kerstin Richer
- Stella
- David Bowie
- With the special participation of
Credits
- Director
- Uli Edel
- Producer
- Bernd Eichinger
- Producer
- Hans Weth
- Screenplay by
- Herman Weigel
- Based on the book by
- Kai Hermann
- Based on the book by
- Horst Rieck
- Derived from tape transcripts by
- Christiane Felscherinow
- Director of photography
- Justus Pankau
- Director of photography
- Jürgen Jürges
- Editor
- Jane Seitz
- Music
- David Bowie
A scene from Christiane F.
