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Eight Miles High

Original title: Das wilde Leben
  • 20072007
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
2.9K
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Uschi Obermeier, a German cover model from the 1960s who embodied the dreams of the hippie generation - joins a commune, begins a modelling career, meets rock stars, and travels the world in... Read allUschi Obermeier, a German cover model from the 1960s who embodied the dreams of the hippie generation - joins a commune, begins a modelling career, meets rock stars, and travels the world in a bus, enjoying love, drugs and freedom.Uschi Obermeier, a German cover model from the 1960s who embodied the dreams of the hippie generation - joins a commune, begins a modelling career, meets rock stars, and travels the world in a bus, enjoying love, drugs and freedom.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
24,000
3,679
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Akiz
    • Writers
      • Olaf Kraemer(screenplay)
      • Akiz(screenplay)
      • Claus Peter Hant(story)
    • Stars
      • Natalia Avelon
      • Matthias Schweighöfer
      • David Scheller
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Akiz
    • Writers
      • Olaf Kraemer(screenplay)
      • Akiz(screenplay)
      • Claus Peter Hant(story)
    • Stars
      • Natalia Avelon
      • Matthias Schweighöfer
      • David Scheller
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 32Metascore
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations

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    Natalia Avelon
    Natalia Avelon
    • Uschi Obermaier
    Matthias Schweighöfer
    Matthias Schweighöfer
    • Rainer Langhans
    David Scheller
    • Dieter Bockhorn
    Friederike Kempter
    • Sabine
    Alexander Scheer
    Alexander Scheer
    • Keith Richards
    Viktor Norén
    • Mick
    • (as Victor Norén)
    Milan Peschel
    Milan Peschel
    • Freiberg
    Georg Friedrich
    Georg Friedrich
    • Lurchi
    Inga Busch
    • Agentin
    Heike Warmuth
    • Barbara
    Sebastian Maschat
    • Conrad
    Julia Valet
    • Kajol
    Urs Rechn
    Urs Rechn
    • Boxer
    Valerie Lasserre
    • Angel
    Uwagboe Rydl
    • Lude
    • (as Uwagboe 'Bo' Rydl)
    Aite Tinga
    • Bröselpilze
    Meral Yilmaz
    • Bröselpilze
    Jennifer Dimke
    • Bröselpilze
    • Director
      • Akiz
    • Writers
      • Olaf Kraemer(screenplay) (book)
      • Akiz(screenplay)
      • Claus Peter Hant(story)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      All entries contain spoilers
    • 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.
    • 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. What I needed was a man. The wilder, the better.

    • Soundtracks
      Tränen lügen nicht
      Performed by Michael Holm

      (Original title "Soleado")

      Music: Ciro Dammicco / Bembo Baldan

      Text: Maurizio Seymandi / Francesco Specchia / Alberto Salerno

      German Text: Michael Holm

      © 1974 by Belriver Edizioni Musicali, Milano

      Rights for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Eastern Europe (outside the Baltic)

      Edition Accord Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg

      with kind permission of Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH

    User reviews22

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    Top review
    8/10
    For those who missed the mythical 60s
    A wonderful rendering of the 60s. If you grew up like me with the 1968 revolution as a mythical era, this film will make you jubilate. Sex, drugs, rock and roll, radical thinking, revolutionaries, and the research of freedom, pleasure and new horizons. Freeing of the mind, freeing of the body… In her small town in Bavaria, Obermaier feels the revolution pounding in her bones and can't stay in place in her confined, old-fashioned home. Listening to rock music is her escape but it simply is not enough. She takes off and lives in an activist commune for some time before becoming a lover of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and marrying a rich adventurer and traveling the world with him. A lively portrait of strong-willed Obermaier, her rebelliousness and search for unbound freedom. "Don't dream your life, live your dream" is a motto that appears in the film and could not apply better. Uschi appears unstoppable, ready to conquer the world, explore the confines of freedom. Inspiring.
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    • melimelo-3
    • Sep 12, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 1, 2007 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Vahşi Yaşam
    • Filming locations
      • Goa, India
    • Production companies
      • Babelsberg Film
      • Neue Bioskop Film
      • On the Road
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,616
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,496
      • Jul 13, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $957,744
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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