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This series is based on the experiences of Christiane F.

Individuals and events in her familial environment

and friends are fictitious or fictionalized.

Mom, everything's shaking!

What?

What's up?

Shit.

Let go!

Let go of me!

Let me go!

Your daughter puked in our car. We apprehended her at a concert.

-Unauthorized entry -I just lost my way, you asshole.

We'll look the other way this time, but you're responsible for her.

She's come back. The prodigal daughter.

-Where do you think you're going? -I'm not staying here.

-Where will you go? -Let go!

-Where will you go? -Leave me alone!

Where are you going to go then?

What's going on with you?

What's going on with you?

Ask him what's going on.

Don't cause a fuss, my star.

Ask him what's wrong, Mom.

What did you do?

What was it you did? What did you do to my daughter?

-Are you crazy? -What did you do?

-Are you crazy? -You bastard! Get out! Out!

-Man, control your brat! -Never come back!

-What a shit show! -Get lost!

I'm so sorry!

I'm so sorry.

WE CHILDREN FROM BAHNHOF ZOO

When did you get home?

We agreed on the last train home.

I don't know what your problem is.

You had company, right?

DISCO SOUND

Hey, Christiane!

-The ground was shaking. -What?

-There was an earthquake! -What?

Never mind. We'll talk later.

I actually wanted to tell you something, Christiane.

Did you notice the shaking?

What?

The earth moved.

It really shook. Lamps swinging and everything.

I'm getting something to drink.

How was it?

What? Bowie?

Your shot.

I think it's shitty.

Your attention, please!

This is a police raid.

-Please keep calm... -Shit.

I have a half dose.

Come with me.

Police!

Police!

Police!

Ready?

Good evening.

Next.

Done. Next.

Turn around.

That's fine. Done. Wait. Open your mouth.

Come on.

Clean. Done with you. Off home now. Next.

Work.

Benno.

You're sweating like a pig.

You need a shot real bad.

I know that!

You can go to the station.

Maybe you'll even like it.

I'll get the money another way.

You won't get a john like that anyway.

I'll give you an eighth of my half dose.

I'll give you an eighth of my half dose.

A quarter maybe?

You'll need more in three to four hours at the latest.

I need it back this evening.

Hey.

What's up? Are you sick?

Christiane, if I asked you to be my girlfriend, what would you say?

Hi.

-This is my girlfriend, Christiane. -Hi.

-Can I? -Yes, come on in.

I don't have much to offer you.

Thanks.

Are you sick, son?

Just a cold.

I'll have to fix that some time.

It helps.

-So, apprenticeship going all right? -It has to.

Christiane is still at school, taking higher exams.

Higher exams?

And you're a postman?

Have been for 22 years.

That's cool! Out in the fresh air.

Listen

Still have that white jacket of Susanne's?

I thought it might suit her.

Maybe.

Who's that?

It's Benno's mother.

She's Austrian.

She went back there.

And Benno's sister went to Canada.

You never told me that.

So you're all alone.

It has its benefits.

Yeah That jacket has to be somewhere.

Bless you.

Thanks.

It's in perfect condition.

Why did you bring this to me?

I thought it might interest you.

You thought so, did you?

Your great uncle is a real war hero.

I'm spending a vacation at Grandma's.

Are you going together?

Don't know.

You look weird with your hair like that.

Tell me, how much?

No one's going to Zoo station.

Jesus, Axel!

Did a bomb go off?

I thought you forgot.

I'd never.

What is this stuff?

Aren't we shooting up together anymore?

Maybe we could clean up again.

-Hey, that's not true! -What did he say?

To take him, 'cause no one takes care of him.

No way. I need him.

I'll be coming by a lot more often now.

Where's the TV?

Sold it.

A junkie would sell his grandma.

Christiane.

Christiane!

Do you turn tricks for drugs, too?

At Zoo station? What makes you think that?

No. That's the worst.

I wouldn't do that.

Frank's parties are much worse, though.

You have to sleep with the gays.

At Zoo station

hand jobs and blow jobs are enough.

Have you ever slept with a girl?

Do you want to do it with me?

Do you?

Yes, I think so.

Not now.

Not when we're high, okay?

Or else, I won't know if I actually like it, or if it's just the H.

All right.

Next Saturday. No H.

Next Saturday.

No H.

Okay. "Station to Station" or "Suffragette City"?

"Suffragette City"! Of course!

Okay

"Stay" or "Ch Ch Ch Changes"?

"Changes." Definitely.

Who are you talking to?

And you?

Which song do you like better? "Queen Bitch" or "Life on Mars"?

Babette

Tomorrow Luise will take you to a clinic, you need professional help.

Your mother agrees, by the way.

Sadly, you've left me no choice.

Mareike?

I can only give you a D for your participation.

So what?

Christiane?

How do you think your participation has been?

No idea.

Mr. Liebmann, do you know what causes an earthquake?

That's a question for your geography teacher.

Do you know or not?

Well, as far as I know,

the Earth is made up of huge plates.

And those plates are always moving.

And sometimes

it happens that the plates lock together.

Which creates tremendous pressure until eventually

bang!

So, I'd like to hear your assessment.

-I don't know. -You've finally found your way.

A good B.

HELMHOLTZ HIGH SCHOOL

Stella, wait.

I don't have time. I have to help my mom.

So you are back home. I've been trying to call.

What are you doing over the summer? I'm going to my grandma's.

But I don't really want to go.

Benno and I are a couple.

Got a trip for me?

No.

Fine, but you're coming to Sound Saturday?

No. I'm not coming on Saturday.

I'm never going to Sound again.

I want to finish school and that's getting in the way.

Sound and the drugs. Everything.

I think it's best we don't meet for a while.

You think I'm a bad influence on you? Me?

I'm doing advanced courses.

You'll be lucky to get a diploma with your D.

Damn it, Stella. I'm sorry.

Come on, Axel. You don't have to do that.

Axel

Yeah, I know. I made a promise.

Axel made the bed. He said it was too gross for you to sleep in.

That's sweet of him.

Are you nervous?

No.

What's wrong?

We can do it another time.

It's not a problem.

It's not that.

But I don't want to leave tomorrow.

I'll write to you.

Sweetheart.

Come here.

How lovely!

-Right. Let's have some cream cake. -No.

-Don't you like it anymore? -I have to see Gabi.

Hello, grandpa.

Hello, Christiane.

-Yes, she's gone. -What do you mean, gone?

Ran off because she's in heat.

It makes mares crazy.

If we find her, she's off to the knacker's.

What? Grandpa, you can't be serious.

That's the last of her antics.

SCHOOL PHOTO 1954 HILDEGARD

Just a minute!

Yeah?

Uwe, wow! Nice to see you!

Hi!

Grandma said you were here. Want to come outside?

-We're looking for Gabi. -Of course.

In those shoes?

OK, people.

The latest information on Gabi.

Gerdes says his brother saw something.

He saw Gabi by the old trailer in the ravine.

So through Witches' Field,

into the woods, to the ravine, okay?

Okay, let's go.

Thanks.

Maybe it's better if we don't find her.

She'll be slaughtered if we do.

-Why is this called Witches' Field? -They used to burn witches here.

Gerdes' brother says the last one wasn't burned that long ago.

Alright?

Shit!

Gerdes!

Your brother set you up.

GABI LIKES IT DIRTY

We couldn't solve the case.

But we deserve our reward anyway.

Dear Christiane, so no one but you finds out how much you mean to me,

I have written this letter with invisible ink.

Please read it carefully.

The pages will be blank in two weeks.

You are the smartest, prettiest, and bravest woman I've ever known.

I could never find a good time or the right words.

Perhaps I can tell you with this letter how much I love you.

Well?

Do you miss your boyfriend?

I don't know what to write to him.

Oh

Tell him what you do here all day.

He hasn't written to me yet either.

Or maybe he has.

I'll leave you in peace. Don't stay up too late.

I told you, he's not working today.

You look real tired.

Welcome

to

my kingdom.

Do you have any H?

I'll take a look.

That's all I have.

Stop, stop, stop. Leave some for me.

You little wonder.

Ice cream!

Here.

-I'll get you one, okay? -Yeah.

You have to go. You have to go! Get lost!

You have to go. Get lost!

Christiane has found Gabi!

So the knacker's is off the table?

Yeah, Johansen says she's pregnant.

-She got what she wanted. -Can I get another piece?

-Slowly. The cake won't run away. -Leave her be.

She doesn't get that at your sister's.

Can I ask a question?

What did Aunt Hildegard die of?

-A lung infection. Why do you ask? -Just wondering.

Oh, I feel sick.

That's hardly surprising.

-Given how much cake you've scarfed. -No

Something isn't right.

You look funny.

Christiane.

TRAVEL AGENCY

Hello!

I thought you might be bored.

Hello! It's Dad! What have you gone and done now?

They say I look like a quince.

-Like a what? -A quince.

No idea what a quince looks like.

How's Thailand?

It's great!

The people are real friendly, smiling the whole time.

Not like grumpy Berlin.

- How long d'you have to stay there? -At least two weeks.

Mom just got here.

This call must be costing you a lot?

No.

Don't worry about Christiane?

Dear Benno, I think you'd like it here in Eisfelden too.

With all the trees and the green grass.

It's totally peaceful here.

I had a strange dream recently, we dissolved together in the water.

Then we were poured out in the nature.

And then flowers and fancy plants grew everywhere.

And we flew over the city.

With you, I feel like I can do anything.

Finally mail for you from that Benno.

Hello, Christiane! Do you really have jaundice?

Crazy shit. I hope you're better soon.

I'm also doing well. I finally ran away from home.

I'd rather be on the road than be put in a crazy house.

I haven't seen the others in ages.

I think Stella is at her mom's again.

And the boys are hanging out at Zoo station a lot.

I hope you get back on your feet soon and I can see you in Berlin.

Yours, Babsi.

I got a B in math. Maybe I can get my diploma.

Hey, hey! Let's have a look.

You've been drinking.

I'm allowed to celebrate every now and then.

You're in fucking denial!

Don't talk to your mother like that.

It pisses me off how you try to control me.

Hello, little star.

Congratulations on the reopening.

Looks nice, with the pictures and stuff.

He told me it was a misunderstanding.

But I told you what he did, Mom.

I told you everything.

But he says it was a misunderstanding.

Maybe you shouldn't be so sensitive about everything.

Hi, Günther.

Can I come in?

Yeah, I know

Not as neat as when you were here.

It's not so bad.

We'll work it out this time.

We'll do better.

Babsi!

Hi, Stella.

-Yeah. Babette's living here now. -Come here.

But she wasn't sleeping in my bed.

No one's slept in your place.

Isn't that right, Babette?

Hey.

You didn't write.

You promised.

Instead, you're here, doing it with junkies and gays, right?

Know what? I think you're really disgusting.

You disgust me.

You're just as disgusting as the other scum here.

Christiane

I had a quick look around.

And it seems bigger. How big is this place?

-About 75 m². -It's at least 90 m² or something.

That'd be something. Raised ground floor.

No elevator that's always breaking down.

Or crashing to the bottom.

-No need to move all the time. -You must be glad to be home?

You laughed in the face of death again.

Christiane isn't easily thrown off course.

That's what I told Benno.

"Christiane is strong. She'll make it."

Benno?

He called a couple of times, asking for you. Once, he even cried.

It's a shame you're not getting on. I liked him.

You don't have to screw them?

Most just want a blow job.

You chew gum, then you're fine.

Take me with you.

If paranoid Günther finds out, he'll throw us both out.

Oh, Günther!

-He hides H somewhere new every day. -It's all new to me.

-And it's more fun together. -What is?

Christiane!

We're forming a study group.

Yeah? How's it going?

Fantastic, as you can see. And you?

How is exam prep going?

It suffered a bit in the hospital.

They made you a country bumpkin.

No way, shut up.

Then get in here, Banana!

It's good to see you.

You too.

Have you seen Benno?

I think he's at Frank's.

-At Frank's? -You can earn big bucks at Frank's.

Christiane, leaving already?

I have to go to Frank's.

Why are you going there?

Benno is there.

Aren't you going to say anything about the letter?

What letter?

-You sent me that bogus letter? -What do you mean, bogus letter?

All blank pages. I don't need that shit.

Thanks.

Damn! The ink was supposed to be legible for a week!

You're such a dork.

SOUND DISCO

What are you doing here, girl? Got lost?

Benno?

I was looking for you.

Benno is earning 1000 bucks an hour here. So see yourself out.

I think you should leave.

Get lost!

Go Piss off out of here! Go!

Piss off, will you!