Eight Miles High (2007)

Akiz's movie focuses on the restless life of Uschi Obermaier, the icon of the 1968 movement in Germany and groupie. At the age of 16, Uschi is bored by her job in a photo lab, but soon ... See full summary »

Director:

Akiz (as Achim Bornhak)

Writers:

Olaf Kraemer (screenplay), Akiz (screenplay) (as Achim Bornhak)

Stars:

Natalia Avelon, Matthias Schweighöfer, David Scheller

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Natalia Avelon	...	Uschi Obermaier
Matthias Schweighöfer	...	Rainer Langhans
David Scheller	...	Dieter Bockhorn
Friederike Kempter	...	Sabine
Alexander Scheer	...	Keith Richards
Victor Norén	...	Mick
Milan Peschel	...	Freiberg
Georg Friedrich	...	Lurchi
Inga Busch	...	Agentin
Heike Warmuth	...	Barbara
Sebastian Maschat	...	Conrad
Julia Valet	...	Kajol
Urs Rechn	...	Boxer
Valerie Lasserre	...	Angel
Uwagboe Rydl	...	Lude (as Uwagboe 'Bo' Rydl)

Storyline

Akiz's movie focuses on the restless life of Uschi Obermaier, the icon of the 1968 movement in Germany and groupie. At the age of 16, Uschi is bored by her job in a photo lab, but soon becomes the "it girl" of Munich's club scene. When she gets to know Rainer Langhans, they move to Berlin and live in "Kommune 1", the first politically-motivated commune in Germany. While the other occupants claim she isn't political enough, Uschi just wants to have fun, works as fashion model and leads international music stars in temptation...

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Plot Keywords:

male frontal nudity | male nudity | male genitalia | uncircumcised penis | penis | 

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Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German English Italian

Release Date:

1 February 2007 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Eight Miles High

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Babelsberg Film, Neue Bioskop Film, On the Road

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

[All trivia items for this title are spoilers.]

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Goofs

During the street riot scene following the arrest of the Kommune 1 members, an extra glances directly into the camera, notices it and vanishes quickly.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Uschi Obermaier: In Paris that summer, the students wrote "Power to the imagination" on the walls. In San Francisco they danced in the streets, and fought for what had become their way of life. And I was at home in Sendling, a suburb of Munich. I felt I died a slow and never-ending death that day. The only thing that kept me alive was the music. Without that, I would have died. Or worse, I would have turned into my parents. But music alone wouldn't get me out of Senling. That much was clear to me. ...

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Soundtracks

I Hate You
(Gary Burger (as Burger) / Larry Clark (as Clark) / Dave Day (as Day) / Roger Johnston (as Johnston) / Eddie Shaw (as Shaw))
Performed by Alexander Hacke
with kind permission of Bug Music, Inc./Monktime Publishing BMI
Courtesy of Play Loud! Productions (www.playloud.org)
Originally recorded for "Silver Monk Time - A Tribute to The Monks" in 2006

User Reviews

A real-to-life Film

The story of Uschi Obermaier and her rise to fame in the 1960s. The film accurately depicts her life and in the process has many dope party scenes as well. The film is to premier in the US August 22 and I am excited to see how the English version will compare to the original German. Obermaier's accent is not "exaggerated" as the actress's native language is indeed German.

The unique viewpoint Uschi experienced during the social revolution makes for a very interesting film. Themes of growing up, life, learning to love, and experiencing loss all are major players. All in all, if you are looking for a film true to life, a film that doesn't gloss over the hardships and dull down the excitement of freedom, this is a movie for you.