Constantin Television and Amazon Studios have revealed the lead cast – and have released the first photo of them on location – for their coproduction “We Children From Bahnhof Zoo.” The…
.” The high-end series, inspired by the 1978 non-fiction book about teenage drug users in Berlin that was previously adapted as the shocking 1981 film “Christiane F.,” is being distributed internationally by Fremantle.
As previously reported, Philipp Kadelbach is directing the eight-episode series. His credits include “Generation War,” about a group of young German friends going through World War II, BBC series “SS-GB,” based on Len Deighton’s novel, and “Perfume,” another Constantin series. It was a certain look that McKinnon had in one test shot that convinced Berben they’d chosen correctly. “It was a look… she was looking into the camera, and I said ‘that’s her’ [Christiane],” he says. “She has this sadness, she has this pure, very emotional deep look. It was just her.”
Constantin decided to look for actors who weren’t well-known, but could use the show to launch their careers. “We wanted to find new people, new faces, new talent in front of the camera,” Berben says. “We were looking everywhere.”
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