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Film / 1995

Nico Icon

Directed by Susanne Ofteringer
Documentary

★ 8.1/10Audience rating

A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to glamorous diva of the Velvet Underground, to cult item, junkie and hag. Many faces for the same woman, whom, you realize, just couldn't bring herself to care enough to live.

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A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to glamorous diva of the Velvet Underground, to cult item, junkie and hag. Many faces for the same woman, whom, you realize, just couldn't bring herself to care enough to live.

Cast

NicoSelf (archive footage) Tina AumontSelf Christian Aaron BoulogneSelf Jackson BrowneSelf Jim Morrison John CaleSelf Lou Reed Sterling Morrison Lutz Ulbrich Danny FieldsSelf Jonas MekasSelf Andy Warhol
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Paul MorrisseySelf Billy NameSelf VivaSelf Nikos Papadakis Edith Boulogne Helma Wolff

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