Christiane F.

Christiane F.

The image of a generation.

R 1981 · 131 min · ★ 7.3 (1K) · Drama

A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.

Directed by Uli Edel · Written by Herman Weigel

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