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MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1094
- IMDb #1160
- Rotten Tomatoes #1389
- Letterboxd #862
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1155
- Douban #876
Every rating
Everyone agrees
Lowest is AlloCiné on 70, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 85.
See the most agreed on films →Based on a true story, this follows the life of a 13-year-old girl living in 1970s Berlin. Seeking escape from her bleak family life and surroundings, she finds excitement and community in the city's underground drug scene and nightclubs. Her initial experimentation with drugs quickly spirals into a devastating addiction to heroin, documenting her harrowing descent into dependency, prostitution, and the struggle to survive.
Details
- Director
- Uli Edel
- Writer
- Herman Weigel
- Based on
- We Children from Zoo Station by Kai Hermann
- Released
- 2 April 1981
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $4.0M
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Cast
Full cast (24) →
Awards
2 wins & 2 nominations total
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