# We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (2021)

> Six Berlin teenagers chase freedom and pleasure through reckless nights until their friendships and lives begin to fall apart.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/96426

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 51 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Created by: Annette Hess
- Network: Prime Video
- Cast: Jana McKinnon, Lena Urzendowsky, Lea Drinda, Bruno Alexander, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Jeremias Meyer, Angelina Häntsch, Sebastian Urzendowsky
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13138972/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: intimate, restless, melancholic, bleak, sincere, hypnotic

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed, with viewers praising the raw portrayal of teenage excess and the young cast while finding the descent into addiction heavy-handed.

## Synopsis

We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (2021) is a German limited series created by Annette Hess and produced for Prime Video, adapted in spirit from the true story of teenagers drawn into the drug scene around Berlin's Zoo Station. Christiane (Jana McKinnon) leads a group of six teenagers that includes Stella (Lena Urzendowsky), Babsi (Lea Drinda) and Michi (Bruno Alexander). They seek a dream of happiness and freedom, leaving behind parents, teachers and rules to throw themselves into the heady nights of Berlin. Across eight episodes, the pursuit of pleasure and escape from home pulls them deeper into temptation, and the closeness that binds them begins to strain under the pressure. The series builds its tension through the gap between the glittering nightlife and the slow erosion of friendship and trust, with each episode moving from exhilarating parties to quieter, more painful consequences. Its tone is intimate, restless and bleakly sincere, as a grounded coming of age drama with a melancholic undertow. Viewers who enjoyed the youthful excess of Euphoria, the sharp teen tragedy of Skins and the gritty urban drift of Trainspotting will find resonance here.

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