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Das Wilde Leben 
Original movie posterDirected by Achim Bornhak Produced by Ralph Brosche Written by Dagmar Benke, Achim Bornhak, Claus Hant, Olaf Kraemer, Uschi Obermaier Starring Natalia Avelon Cinematography Benjamin Dernbecher Editing by Peter Przygodda Studio Warner Bros. Release date(s) February 1, 2007 Running time 114 min. Country Germany Language German Das Wilde Leben (lit. The Wild Life, released as Eight Miles High in English-speaking countries) is a German biographical motion picture, set in the 1960s and depicting the "wild life" of Uschi Obermaier, a German groupie.
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Synopsis
Obermaier enjoyed sexual freedom at the legendary Kommune 1 in Berlin after being with the krautrock band, Amon Düül. In the Kommune, she becomes friendly with Rainer Langhans. The young woman from Munich gains employment as a model, and becomes a sex symbol and youth icon. Now a cover girl in Playboy magazine, she meets rock stars such as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, while Italian film producer, Carlo Ponti, offers her a ten-year contract, but she declines: her freedom is more important than a contract.
During her intensive relationship with Keith Richards, she begins to recognize the dark side of the shiny glamour world she lives in: the isolation of the stars, and the groupie-populated milieux of anonymous hotel rooms — this is not her idea of life.
She finds new freedom in a relationship with the adventurer Dieter Bockhorn (David Scheller). They fall in love and go on a six-year road trip around the world. Later, Bockhorn dies in a motorcycle accident in Mexico.
Cast
- Natalia Avelon as Uschi Obermaier
- Matthias Schweighöfer as Rainer Langhans
- Victor Norén (singer of the Swedish band Sugarplum Fairy) as Mick Jagger
- Alexander Scheer as Keith Richards
- David Scheller as Dieter Bockhorn.
Production crew
- Directed by Achim Bornhak.
- Writing credits Achim Bornhak, Olaf Kraemer.
- Based on the book High Times (book) by Olaf Kraemer and Uschi Obermaier
Filming locations
- Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Bavaria in Germany
- Goa, Jaipur, and Rajasthan in India
Soundtrack
Ville Valo and Natalia Avelon recorded a cover version of the Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood song Summer Wine for the soundtrack. A music video was also shot, featuring Valo and Avelon with the real Uschi Obermaier.
External links
- Official Movie Website
- Das Wilde Leben at the Internet Movie Database
- Das Wilde Leben at AllRovi
Categories:- German-language films
- German films
- 2007 films
- Biographical films
- Groupies
- Feminist films
- Films about music and musicians
- Films set in the 1960s
- Films set in India
- Films set in Germany
- Musical films based on actual events
- Hippie films
- Rock music films
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