Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

                       

                        Uli Edel, 1981

 

 

 

Based on the eye-opening memoir about the drug-addled youth culture of West Berlin in the late 1970s, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, this film follows Christiane on her downward spiral of increasing drug dependency. Set against a glum backdrop of the West German underground with a relevant soundtrack by David Bowie, these clips illiminate the carefree nature of young love and drug experimentation alongside the darkest consequences of rock-bottom addiction.

 

Clip One: Heroes - the protagonists flee from cops in the early morning by running through Zoologischer Garten, the main train station of West Berlin

 

Clip Two:  Bowie Concert - a stunning live concert that marks the first time Christiane experiments with Heroin

 

Clip Three: Kinder - a landscape of junkies

 

Clip Four: Quitting - summoning the strength to beat the addiction