Christiane F. (full name Christiane Vera Felscherinow), was born in West Berlin on May 20, 1962. Christiane is famous for her struggle with drug addiction, especially to heroin. When she was 12 years old, she first smoked hashish; by the time she was 14, she was a junkie and prostitute in the Bahnhof Zoo scene, an infamous group of teenaged drug users and prostitutes (of both sexes) in Berlin. Christiane tried numerous times to overcome her addiction, but did not become totally clean until the birth of her son in 1996. As of 2004, she remains clean and lives with her son in a small apartment in Neukölln. Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ... 20 May is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ... Heroin or diacetylmorphine (INN) is a semi-synthetic opioid. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A junkie (or junky) is a heroin addict. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... The Bahnhof Zoo in 2004 U-Bahn station (U9) The Bahnhof Zoo (the official name is Berlin Zoologischer Garten) was the central traffic point in West Berlin during the citys political division and is still a train station in Berlin. ... American high school students in a school Adolescence is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood (gender-specific manhood, or womanhood). ... Look up Sex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary This article is about biological sexes — male, female, etc. ... (help· info), IPA: , is the capital city as well as a state of Germany, and also the countrys largest city. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Neukölln is a borough of Berlin. ...

Bahnhof Zoo in the film

Her story is well known in Germany because two journalists from the news magazine Stern, Kai Herrmann and Horst Rieck, ran a series of articles about her life and her addiction which eventually led to the successful book Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo. The report chronicles her life from 1975 to 1978, when she was aged 12-15. The narrative of the book is in the first person, from Christiane's viewpoint, but was written down by the journalists functioning as ghostwriters. Image File history File links Bahnhof_zoo-1981. ... Image File history File links Bahnhof_zoo-1981. ... The Bahnhof Zoo in 2004 U-Bahn station (U9) The Bahnhof Zoo (the official name is Berlin Zoologischer Garten) was the central traffic point in West Berlin during the citys political division and is still a train station in Berlin. ... A newsmagazine, sometimes called news magazine, is a usually weekly magazine featuring articles on current events. ... Stern (English Star) is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... In non-technical terms, no matter what the context (whether scientific, philosophical, legal, etc) a narrative is a story, an interpretation of some aspect of the world that is historically and culturally grounded and shaped by human personality (per Walter Fisher). ... ... A point of view, viewpoint or POV, is the following: On a given topic, a point of view is a cognitive perspective. ... A ghostwriter is a writer who writes under someone elses name, with their consent. ...

In 1981, the story was made into a film directed by Uli Edel and produced by Bernd Eichinger and Hans Weth. Its title in Germany was Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, and in English-speaking countries Christiane F. The screenplay was written by Herman Weigel. Christiane worked as an advisor for the film, but did not appear in it herself. David Bowie, Christiane's favorite singer at the time of the story, appears as himself. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Uli Edel (born April 11, 1947 in Neuenburg, Germany), German film director. ... Bernd Eichinger (born 11 April 1949) is a German film producer and director. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Herman Weigel (* 22 Mar 1959 in Moers) is a German film producer and script writer. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Hayward-Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English rock singer, musician and actor. ...

Cast:

• Christiane F. - Natja Brunckhorst
• Detlev - Tomas Haustein
• Axel - Jens Kuphal
• Babsi - Christiane Reichelt
• Kessi - Daniela Jaeger

External links

• christiane f. : wir kinder vom bahnhof zoo
• The film at IMDb
• Christiane F. Forum