The story of a girl’s descent into drug addiction and prostitution in 1970s West Berlin, which became a bestselling book and cult film across Europe, is returning to screens in a modern remake.
Some observers later accused the film of glamourising 1970’s West Berlin as a mecca of sex, drugs and experimental music.
Over the years she has remained reluctant to talk about whether she is still a heroin user.
An eight part series with the same title launches in German on Amazon Prime on Friday evening.