'Children of the zoo station', the series that premieres Amazon Prime Video on April 9

The streaming platform Amazon Prime Video premieres the television adaptation of one of the most widely read novels in Germany in the 20th century: The Children of the Zoo Station by Kai Herrmann and Horst Rieck Christiane with the collaboration of Christiane F. The novel and the The series tells the adventures of Christiane, a young woman from Berlin and her group of friends at Berlin’s Bahnhof Zoo train station. Christiane met journalists Kai Hermann and Horst Rieck by chance who heard her story of this young woman and turned it into their memories. The book sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and was adapted to the cinema in 1981 in a film Yo, Cristina F. Amazon has explained in a statement that it has adapted the book, “while capturing the essence of the book and the original characters ». The Children of the Zoo Station A Reinterpretation of the Novel The Children of the Zoo Station series is a modern and harsh reinterpretation of the novel that impressed an entire generation with the rawness of the story. It should be noted that it has already been a success in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, a series directed by Philipp Kadelbach responsible for fictions such as Perfume or Children of the Third Reich and produced by Oliver Berben and Sophie von Uslar. The series’ writer and creative producer is Annette Hess and is produced by Constantin Television and Amazon Studios.A Story of Juvenile Degradation The Children of the Zoo Station tells the story of six teenagers who fall into drug addiction and prostitution while trying to comply. your dream of a different life. Some boys who leave their homes, their families, their teachers and their schools in search of a better life.In the late 1970s the shocking true story of Christiane F., a Berlin teenager, made headlines in several German newspapers. A young Berliner who had her first contact with drugs on a trip and became addicted to heroin. Christiane ended up living on the streets and becoming a sex worker in the Berlin station area of the Bahnhof Zoo. In this strange place he met a group of friends, also addicted to heroin, with whom he began to live dangerous adventures.A good youth cast Another of the great successes of the series is the choice of the young actors who play these boys Jana McKinnon , Lena Urzendowsky, Lea Drinda, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Jeremias Meyer, and Bruno Alexander. In addition, in the cast you can find the actors Angelina Häntsch as Karin, Christine’s mother; Sebastian Urzendowsky as his father Robert; Valerie Koch as Nati, Stella’s mother or Heider Hardtt as Horst, Benno’s father, among others. One of the series that premieres this April and will have 8 episodes. Children of the Zoo Station will premiere simultaneously in 19 countries including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain.