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

We Will Fall
Written by David Alexander (as D. Alexander), Scott Asheton (as S. Asheton), Ron Asheton (as R. Asheton) and Iggy Pop (as J. Osterberg)
Performed by The Stooges
© 1969 by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG
(P) 1969 Elektra/Asylum Records
Courtesy of Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH / A Warner Music Group Company

User Reviews

OK I finally watched this.

As I said earlier, we met Uschi and Dieter in Aspen, Colorado in 1982. I got a letter from her from Northern California in September of '82 prior to their trip to Mexico. I'm looking at it right now. She was excited that they were going to have a friend make a tepee for them and spend the winter living in it on the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The Uschi and Dieter that we spent an evening with gave no hint of being the type of people this movie portrays. They did not seem to be the dark and tortured souls that this movie shows them to be. They were happy, outgoing, talkative, generous and excited about the future. Dieter loved to fish. They loved Colorado. They enjoyed crossing the USA and had been all around it, but the movie make no mention of that time at all. The movie also gives no mention of her artistic talents. Uschi made scrimshaw, and as an artist I can tell you it was excellently done. She was going to have an exhibition of her scrimshaw in LA but I do not know if she ever did. I can't say they were friends of mine, exactly, having only spent one evening together but they were acquaintances and I have very fond memories of them. I'd always hoped one day I'd see their bus on the highway so I could say hello again. I don't know if this movie was authorized by Uschi as an accurate portrayal of their lives, but I do know it made me sad for them. My wish is for her happiness and hope that these last 30 years or so have been as happy as they could be.

Uschi, if you ever read this, blessings and happiness to you.