Christiane F. at 40: Interview with Thomas Haustein

Thomas Haustein played Detlef, Christiane’s boyfriend, in the movie ‘Christiane F.’ released in 1982 in Brazil. Photo: Tagesspiegel
The first book edition to be published in Brazil.
This has to be the favorite scene for the majority of people who have watched the movie. Running wildly and free while Bowie’s Heroes played in the background symbolized that everything was possible at that moment, even amidst chaos.
The 40th-anniversary Brazilian poster. I was lucky to get 2 of them!
The kids from Bahnhof Zoo. If you want to know more about their stories, join the most active Facebook group related to Christiane F. here. Photo: Reproduction
  1. I have read other interviews with you and you discuss the impact both the movie and book had back then. You were 14 and everyone in your class had read it. Then, when you were cast for the movie, you also had people around you who were using heroin. How do you think that things would have been different if Christiane F. was a story from 2022 [with you being 14]?
“[…] This is the Zoologischer Garten station these days — there are a lot of homeless people there. In fact, the place where a police unit used to work — which Christiane says in her book she went through a few times — was recently transformed into a center for the homeless. There, people can receive guidance and help. This new center is a complement to a humanitarian service that already operates on Jebensstraße.” Source: Simplesmente Berlim
From left to right: The real Detlef, Thomas and Natja. Photo: Reproduction
Thomas and Natja revisited the Bahnhof Zoo station in 2016. Photo: Tobias Kruse
Seconds before Thomas break the glass. Photo: Reproduction
Natja and David Bowie behind the scenes. Photo: imago images/Prod.DB
Thomas especially sent this picture for the article. Photo: Thomas's personal archive

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Brazilian writer, teacher and zinester. Articles related to cinematic content. I also write for https://medium.com/@womenofthebeatgeneration_