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A dramatization of Christiane F.'s memoirs and her hard beginnings in Berlin.

Nini and Jameelah are best friends. Together they delve into the urban jungle of Berlin, amid clouds of drug smoke and alcoholic dazes, looking for love, sex, and a better future. But life intervenes: Jameelah is in danger of being deported to Iraq, and then they witness a murder.

Four boys are busy surviving Berlin's inner city district in a spiral of violence, extortion, gang laws, xenophobia and indifference. When they steal computers from their school they are fighting an uphill battle they can't retreat from.

After his father's suicide, 15-year-old Jargo is sent to Berlin from Saudi Arabia. He makes friends with local girl Emilia and petty criminal Kamil, but soon there is tension because both boys fall in love with the pretty Emilia.

The third and last part of Bauhaus World, "The Utopia", explores the influence of the Bauhaus philosophy on today's globalized society. What is its legacy? What became of its utopic visions of the future? Do they still have relevance in the 21st century? We find out if the questions that Bauhaus posed have been answered, and if we can still learn from the solutions it proposed 100 years ago.