it was the memoir that shocked the world the true story of christiane f. a german teenager who financed her heroin addiction through prostitution the now 40 year old book and subsequent movie have now been turned into a series we children from bahnhof saw the amazon coproduction takes us inside the lives of desperate youths who once gathered at west berlin's zoo train station. it was it was. the reviews of the eighty's classic christiane that it's a coming of age story with a twist the series doesn't just focus on the original film protagonist cristiana but tells the story of a group of teenage addicts and their desire to rebel against conformity sets in seventy's and eighty's west. the original book and the 1981 cult film both focus on the cycle of substance abuse prostitution and drug

related crime christiane i get caught up and. send them to. people to. the series tells the story of christiane that i have friends over a number of years. she grew up in a housing estate on the outskirts of the parents were constantly fighting. at the sound disco she meets like minded people who become her new replacement family together they like to push each other's limits. my cristiana of the way i played her likes to test her limits and to experience as much as possible she wants to feel as much as possible. and she has a strong desire to connect with other people to connect with life and those around her. and that's the path she follows. in you saw the movie.

that we children from so there's an unrelenting depiction of teenage descent into addiction 6 young people 6 very different fates all trying to find themselves. the series while not shying away from the sometimes fatal consequences of drug addiction tries to distinguish itself from most conventional films about drugs. the parts of the story that are heightened have to do with emotional states we didn't want it to be so much the drug rush that's depicted but rather what's going on inside the character. one past year. we children so that's the difficult line between fascination and repulsion. this 40

year old story has been given a timeless update. and the new series is out this week here in germany and with global release dates you have to follow my colleague james jackson got a sneak peek and he's here to tell us more ok james though but let's go back to the original movie for people who haven't seen it what made the original cristiana have so special so christiane that really broke the mold in german cinema because a lot of german films that are popular internationally they have to deal with really big moments in history like the nazi dictatorship or the cold war the christiane f tells a very personal story which is as you mentioned based on a true story. of christiane a young girl and her sort of dissents now it's become a cult classic and i think part of that is the realism the gritty realism part of it of course is the soundtrack from bet david bowie who also makes a cameo performing. well and of course that's part of why. made it so big

internationally. how is the t.v. series different other than the fact that david brody is not in a well i would say you can tell from the titles actually because christiane f. the old film is just based on christiane it's very possible the camera just focuses and the whole time was the new one we children from bahnhof so folks as a whole range of characters christiane has friends who were real people and they wanted to tell the real story i think it's very modern and it looks very expensive very slick some of the club scenes. you know they built a whole club and prod just to film it looks very different from the original dingy rather dingy low budget film. this time it's all actors it's not it's not real life drug users and sex workers like in the original movie i understand what did you make of the series you've read you've seen it i've seen a and to be honest i've got mixed feelings because there was some elements i really

liked how good it looked a lot of people said that the main actor looked a lot like cristiana the real cristiana i appreciate they took some risks with how they show the drug sequences with the club but it also kind of lacked some of the gritty realism from a. particularly the music stood out kind of lost my focus because they had music not just from the seventy's or just modern but from all over the shop and it didn't feel very consistent i think they could have done something a bit cooler than some the costing decisions also i would say confused me a bit because the christiane who plays it she's 22 years old and she's meant to be playing you know 1415 year old her parents really don't look much older than i thought maybe when i 1st saw them i thought of is that the brother and sister so i mean that was a bit of a problem. otherwise i'd say it's worth watching for additional funds of the film but it takes a little while to get going and i'm worried that people are going to lose focus by then ok james jackson thanks very much. this year germany is

celebrating its 17th century long jewish history dating back to the 1st evidence of jewish life here in the year 321 and this week we're taking you to jewish cultural sites across germany today the city of holland were jewish community members survived what nearly became the country's worst anti-semitic town attack and decades. on october 9th 2019 on the jewish holiday yom kapoor heavily armed neo nazi tried to storm the synagogue the strength of the door saved the worship is inside part failing to gain entry the attack and then shot 2 others did today on the morning stands to commemorate the victims. diana mottled lives in hama and grew up in a jewish household at the time of the attack she was in oxford england researching music she was deeply shaken by the events. and i was always one of those people who said that it's really important for the jewish community to be open and welcoming

and to be as transparent as possible. as. well time has proven me wrong. and special and body at. for many years the east german city paid little attention to its almost 1000 years of jewish history in former communist east german times the subject was to be dynamite to finds this baltimore reason to keep jewish heritage alive. in the room of the protestant community center she discovered a grave stone from the middle ages. to hiroshima like the he tool for the jewish medieval cemetery was dissolved back in the 16th century so it's possible that this stone was found in the rubble somewhere. dug out by a workman and then placed here i know i did this is in here we see a name engraved the name as referenda these and behind it we see but acts.

as a teenager tantamount to jewish classics and her parents put shelves she studied western edition new original language of jews in germany and research is western you do songs. mishap you might have and i was always fascinated by the fact that these are not the texts in the music of the synagogue of the liturgy in hebrew. but that these are the songs that everyone knew and everyone sang and and you dogs all had. there was a very. popular songs of the early modern period. culture brought back to life. through her music and research

which has become something of an expert in judaism when it comes to. showing us around the historic jewish cemetery she describes it's eventful past that's just this is the oldest gravestone in the cemetery. here you can see very clearly that it's been engraved with a big number one this brings us to the end of the 17th century high to the time when jewish people were being allowed to return and resettle in. would insist that indeed it. it was not a sign of tolerance to reach and needed people like wealthy jews to come in and help rebuild the area following times of war. the importance of the jewish population in the city didn't protect them from the rise of national socialism it wasn't until the 1980 s. was the end of the g.d.r. the memorials for trustees of the nazis against the jewish population burra rented these victims didn't fit into the heroes of the communist resistance image of the

g.d.r. still judaism in holland is not just history diana martin is pleased that the jewish community is becoming more open despite the attack she's convinced that diversity is essential for a vibrant jewish life. one last story before we go it's considered the pinnacle of chinese ceramics incredibly rare and mythologized for centuries a legendary wine of porcelain known as rue where produced for the emperor's court for a brief period just about 20 years now a museum in dresden germany has confirmed a once over we've looked piece of its collection is in fact. this simple jade green bowl is an international art sensation the rare roo where ball from china is almost 1000 years old and worth an estimated 40000000 europe's. because i know it's

a sensation for dress down for germany for europe but i think also for china there are really so few examples left from these kilns and it's just wonderful that we now have a ball like this in a german collection. only 88 complete pieces have survived to this day the ball was acquired for the dresden porcelain collection in 1927 but initially believed to have been from korea its true origin was discovered recently by chance . on that site hasn't heard from since 2014 we've been researching the historical inventory of augustus the strong with the help of 30 international specialists and so we were in contact with many experts who visited us frequently to examine pieces and they also looked around in our storage to see what else we have fact as early as 2018 colleagues from the palace museum in beijing thought this could be a genuine rue ceramic mcfadden quinto its authenticity has now been established

such pieces were made exclusively for the emperors of the song dynasty in the 11th century the simple pottery has become an icon of chinese culture. makes you nervous seeing someone touch something so valuable 40000000 euro anyway that's it for this arts and culture season. comes. the fun of going.

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