The tv series arrives on Amazon Prime Video We, the guys from the Berlin zoo based on the novel and cult film of the 1980s.
We, the guys from the Berlin zoo on Amazon Prime
After the interesting releases of April 2021 on Amazon Prime Video, the first season of the German TV series We, the guys from the Berlin zoo lands on the streaming platform.
In Germany it is available from February 19, 2021 while from May 7, 2021 it can also be seen in Italian. The tv series is based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Christiane F, written in 1978 and from which in 1981 was also made the famous film symbol of a generation and its profound problems.
Plot
As in the book written by Christiane F., the TV series also deals with the thorny and difficult topic of drug.
In the seventies and eighties there was a boom in the use of hard drugs throughout Europe: a story that had a great influence on the generation of young people of the time and which, unfortunately, claimed many victims. The author talks about the his personal story and his relationship with drugs and with the other boys who, with her, abused her.
The TV series distributed on Amazon Prime addresses the same issues, focusing on the events of a group of young boys in the Berlin at night in the 70s.
L’contemporary interpretation, with psychedelic music and lights, makes everything more usable by today’s public. THE raw themes of drugs, prostitution and family tragedies however, they remain the same.
Cast
The tv series We, the guys from the Berlin zoo is directed by the director Philipp Kadelbach. In the role of the protagonist Christiane is the young actress Jana McKinnon, born in 1999, already known at home for various films and TV series.
Next to her Michelangelo Fortuzzi, born in 2001 of Italian origin who plays the character of Benno (Detlef in the novel). Also in the cast Lena Urzendowsky as Stella, Bruno Alexander to play the character of Michi while Jeremias Meyer is Axel and the actress Lea Drinda it’s Babsi.
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