Ich, ein Groupie (1970)

Director:

Erwin C. Dietrich

Writer:

Erwin C. Dietrich (writer)

Release Date:

January 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Music | Drama

Tagline:

She Was Curious. She Was Eager. She Couldn't Find Any Satisfaction.

Plot:

A beautiful blonde hooks up with a rock star, and after a night of sex and drugs, he leaves. She, though...

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Drugs | Hippie | Motorcycle Gang | Groupie

Cast

Ingrid Steeger	...	Vicky
Rolf Eden	...	Rolf
Vivian Weiss	...	Vivian
Li Paelz		(as Li Paels)
Terry Mason
Stewart West	...	Stewart (as Steward West)
Sharon Richardson
Petra Prinz	...	Petra
Bruno Frenzel	...	Himself - musician (as Birth Control)
Bernd Koschmidder	...	Himself - musician (as Birth Control)
Bernd Noske	...	Himself - musician (as Birth Control)
Reinhold Sobotta	...	Himself - musician (as Birth Control)
Wolfgang Rumler	...	Himself - musician (as Murphy Blend)
Joachim Schmidt	...	Himself - musician (as Murphy Blend)
Andreas Scholz	...	Himself - musician (as Murphy Blend)

Also Known As:

Das Mädchen mit dem Einwegticket
Higher and Higher (USA)
Me, a Groupie (International: English title)

Runtime:

West Germany:89 min

Country:

West Germany | Switzerland

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:X (self applied) | Germany:16 (cut) | Sweden:15 | West Germany:18

Trivia:

Although producer Roger Corman was originally to be involved with this film, he pulled out before production began. However, after it was completed, the film's producer, Erwin C. Dietrich, nevertheless advertised it in Europe as a Roger Corman film. The matter eventually wound up in court and Dietrich was ordered to stop advertising it as a Corman film when Corman had nothing to do with it. However, the "damage" was done, and to this day many European film historians mistakenly include this in Corman's filmographies.

Probably THE BEST exploitation movie from Switzerland

This movie has it all: Groupies, psych-rock, drug use, drug smuggling, gratious nudity, camp value, bikers, satanic mess, gore, drug overdose, hippies. Very very entertaining film that was published in various forms. My review/opinion is based on the German video release under the title DAS MÄDCHEN MIT DEM EINWEGTICKET. I saw it in the cinema as well under that title and the cinema print did feature some additional scenes (like main actress Ingrid Steeger walking around London at the opening scenes for example). Now Erwin C.Dietrich has prepared a DVD in the original version ICH EIN GROUPIE. I'm anxious to see this version in comparison to the MÄDCHEN MIT DEM EINWEGTICKET version. - As far as I know, this film did not get a video release elsewhere in the world, which is a shame, as this film beats most US exploitation films by far. Very very entertaining!