CHRISTIANE F. | IN-PERSON (6/13)

CHRISTIANE F. | IN-PERSON (6/13)

$10.00

Chicago Filmmakers (map) | Friday June 13, 2025 | 7:00PM

Based on the true story of one teenager's descent into heroin-addicted hell, CHRISTIANE F. is a harrowing coming-of-age cult classic. Thirteen-year-old Christiane (Natja Brunckhorst) lives with her mother and younger sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. When Christiane is introduced to the disco scene, she falls in with a new group of friends and gradually becomes addicted to heroin. She finds companionship with fourteen-year-old Detlev (Thomas Haustein) as they familiarize themselves with a world beyond their years while lingering around the notorious Bahnhof Zoo station.

Captured through a gritty low-budget lens, the film is a raw portrayal of lost innocence. Featuring a soundtrack of songs from David Bowie's 1977-79 Berlin phase, as well as a stunning concert performance of ‘Station to Station’, the film masterfully captures the hopes and fears of a lost generation of Berlin youth, set against the backdrop of the disco scene of the late 1970s. In German with English subtitles.

Presented in collaboration with the Goethe-Institute Chicago as part of the Berlin Nights series.

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