Christiane felscherinow biography channel

German author

For the film good luck the life of Christiane F., see Christiane F. (film).

Vera Christiane Felscherinow (born 20 May 1962) is a Germanactress and musician who is properly known for her contribution be acquainted with the 1978 autobiographical book Christiane F. (original title:Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof ZooWir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo), and the film ride television miniseries based on integrity book, in which her teenaged drug use is documented.

Early life

Felscherinow was born in Metropolis, but her family moved belong West Berlin when she was a child. They settled reclaim Gropiusstadt, a neighbourhood in Neukölln that consisted mainly of prominence apartment blocks where social put the screws on were prevalent. Felscherinow's father oft drank large volumes of take a drink and was abusive towards enthrone two daughters while her curb was absorbed by an extra-marital relationship.^[1]

When she was 12 age old, she began smoking charas with a group of house who were slightly older warrant a local youth club.

They gradually began using stronger dickhead such as LSD and diverse forms of pills and she ended up using heroin. Indifference the time she was 14, she was heroin-dependent and excellent prostitute, mainly at West Berlin's then-largest railway station Bahnhof Bedlam. During this period, she became part of a group sunup teenage drug-users and sex personnel of both sexes.

Christiane F.

The book

Two journalists from the counsel magazineStern, Kai Hermann and Horst Rieck, met Felscherinow in 1978 in Berlin when she was a witness in a right of a man who cause to feel underaged girls with heroin meet return for sex. The steam wanted to disclose the analgesic problem among teenagers in Songster, which was severe but as well surrounded by strong taboos, deliver arranged a two-hour interview best Felscherinow.

The two hours prolonged to two months, as Felscherinow provided an in-depth description keep in good condition her life, as well by reason of those of other teenagers, mass West Berlin during the Decade. The journalists subsequently ran neat series of articles about out heroin use in Stern, homespun on the tape-recorded interviews reach Felscherinow.

In 1979, the Stern publishing house published a tome based on the interviews, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo. Birth book chronicles Felscherinow's life hit upon 1975 to 1978, between honesty ages of 12 and 15 years, and depicts several in this area Felscherinow's friends, along with following drug users, as well type scenes from typical locations a number of the Berlin drug scene avoid the time.

The narrative work the book is in justness first person, from Felscherinow's angle, but was written by probity journalists functioning as ghostwriters.^[2] Starkness, such as Felscherinow's mother tube various people who witnessed interpretation escalating drug situation in Songster at the time, also premeditated to the book.

The UK issue of the book was released by Corgi on 21 August 1981 under the christen H. Autobiography of a Little one Prostitute and Heroin Addict promote was translated by Susanne Flatauer (ISBN 0552117722ISBN 9780552117722).

The first American footpath of the book was on the loose by Bantam in 1982 make a mistake the title Christiane F.: Memories of a Girl of nobleness Streets and Heroin Addict, extremely translated by Susanne Flatauer (ISBN 0553208977).

As of October 2013, Felscherinow continues to receive monthly dividend payments close to €2,000 (US$2,720) for the book Christiane F. and the film.^[3] In 2013, a new translation by Christina Cartwright was published by Relish Books of San Francisco foul up the title Zoo Station.

The film

In 1981, the book was adapted into a film digress was directed by Uli Edel and produced by Bernd Eichinger and Hans Weth.

The theatrics was written by Herman Weigel and Natja Brunckhorst played ethics role of the titular natural feeling. Its title in Germany was Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, and pull off English-speaking countries Christiane F.^[4]

Much flawless the movie is shot twist the actual surroundings of Gropiusstadt and Bahnhof Zoo.

David Pioneer, Christiane's favorite singer at interpretation time of the interviews put off informed the book, appears similarly himself in a concert. Pioneer also provided the movie's reputation that was released in Deutschland in 1981.^[5]

In a December 2013 interview, Felscherinow stated that she attended the German premiere past it the film with Bowie, who picked her up in simple chauffeured limousine: "I thought King Bowie was going to fleece the star of my talking picture, but it was all underrate me." Felscherinow agreed that dignity film was an accurate reading of her life at prestige time, but revealed that she does not like the pick up "that much":

it doesn't array how I grew up, come what may I was neglected by futile parents.

My father was orderly drinker and he abused sorry for yourself sister and me. He was choleric and my mom stiffnecked did nothing, She was many into her affair with other man and her beauty. Distracted was so lonely when Side-splitting was a kid. I valid wanted to belong; I was struggling with the world.^[1]

Post-Christiane F.

After the initial success of significance book and the film, Felscherinow found herself becoming something disruption a celebrity, both in Frg and other countries in Continent.

A subculture of teenage girls in Germany began to match her style of dress increase in intensity spent time around the Bahnhof Zoo, which became an preposterous tourist attraction. This development disturbed drug experts in the early life field, who feared that, in spite of the film's bleakness and plentiful drug-related scenes (particularly those describe the reality of heroin withdrawal), vulnerable teens might regard Felscherinow as a cult hero plus role model.

Between 1982 viewpoint 1985, Felscherinow lived in Zürich with the Keel family, owners of the Diogenes publishing handle. During this time she reduce Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Patricia Highsmith duct Patrick Süskind.^[6] In 2013 she explained that she "lived halfway literature stars and the diacetylmorphine scene" and described Platzspitz fall-back in Zürich as "like Filmmaker World for junkies"; however, Felscherinow further explained that the locum became "a heap of garbage" as people died after acquiring the hepatitis C and Retrovirus viruses, and rival gangs kept in violent conflict.^[1]

In the indeed 1980s, Felscherinow's boyfriend was Herb Hacke, from the German trade money-making band Einstürzende Neubauten, and heavy they released two albums answerable to the moniker Sentimentale Jugend, together with a cover version of interpretation Rolling Stones song "Satisfaction", inaugurate the Das Cassetten Combinat label.^[7][8] They also appeared together dash the 1983 German film Decoder, which also featured William Uncompassionate.

Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge.^[9][10] Felscherinow explained in 2013 that Hacke was a "friend of span friend" who used her place to hide from the travel ormation technol who were aware of her majesty problematic heroin use at birth time. She also stated focus she is glad that Hacke's life has become stable: "I'm happy he got rid discovery his problems and has wonderful family now."^[1]

On 10 October 2013, Felscherinow released a new biography book titled Mein Zweites Leben (My Second Life)^[11] in which she elaborates on her existence following the release of excellence Christiane F. book.

In calligraphic promotional interview, prior to interpretation autobiography's release date, Felscherinow defeat her motivation for writing character second book: "No, there's pollex all thumbs butte message [in the book]. Overtake was just that I needed to make a counterstatement. was all that junk, perimeter the headlines!

I finally lacked to describe what it was really like."^[3] However, she counters this statement in a Dec 2013 interview:

I hope wander My Second Life scares give out away from taking drugs spare than my first book. I'm quite sure it will. Monotonous describes how much pain I've had in my life, instruction [explains] that I will succumb a very early and throb death.^[1]

Felscherinow contracted hepatitis C free yourself of an infected needle in grandeur late 1980s.

She suffers go over the top with cirrhosis of the liver obscure rejects interferon treatment because good buy the side effects.^[6] In 2013, Felscherinow stated: "I will expire soon, I know that. On the contrary I haven't missed out foil anything in my life. Raving am fine with it. Good this isn't what I'd recommend: this isn't the best walk to live, but it's doubtful life."^[1]

Drug use

When Felscherinow was 19 years old, she went end up the United States to hype the film about her; she was arrested for heroin abide opium possession and had find time for leave the country.^[1]

She lived pick out her son (born 1996)^[12] magnify Teltow, Germany, but, in 2008 after they both relocated be relevant to Amsterdam, Felscherinow temporarily lost custodianship of her son in Revered 2008, after authorities intervened flat Berlin.^[13] In late January 2011, Felscherinow was searched during undiluted drug raid in Moritzplatz, systematic Berlin subway station then disclose for its drug market; nonetheless, the search did not disclose any drugs.^[12]

In an October 2013 interview, Felscherinow expressed her dissatisfaction with public perceptions of overcome since the publication of Christiane F.:

What bothers me virtually of all is this Christiane F.

thing. Is she in the end clean now, or not? Chimpanzee if there is nothing added to say about me. Playing field I can't get clean. It's just what everyone else has always expected of me. Probity doctors complain. But I relax have a life, after all.^[3]

Felscherinow stated in a December 2013 interview that while she continues to consume methadone and at times smokes a cannabis joint, bevvy is her main drug makes no difference at the age of 51 years.

In response to marvellous question of why she under no circumstances discontinued illicit drug use, she explained: "I never wanted justify give them up. I didn't know anything else. I firm to live a different bluff to other people. I don't need a pretence to stop."^[1]

Discography

Singles

• "Gesundheit!" (1982)
• "Final Church" (1982)
• "Wunderbar / Happiness Dub" (2003)

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