Das Wilde Leben

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Das Wilde Leben
Das Wilde Leben movie poster
Directed by	Achim Bornhak
Produced by	Ralph Brosche, Philip Evenkamp, Dietmar Güntsche, Eberhard Junkersdorf, Dileep Singh Rathore
Written by	Achim Bornhak, Olaf Kraemer
Starring	Natalie Avelon Matthias Schweighöfer Alexander Scheer Victor Norén
Cinematography	Benjamin Dernbecher
Editing by	Peter Przygodda, Sebastian Schultz
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
Release date(s)	February 1, 2007
Running time	114min
Country	Germany
Language	English
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[edit] Synopsis

Das Wilde Leben translates into The Wild Life, also known as Eight Miles High! or 8 Miles High (working title). The German movie, which is set in the 1960s, deals with the "wild life" of Uschi Obermaier, the first known German groupie. She got introduced to sexual freedom at the legendary "Kommune 1" in Berlin through a famous krautrockband named Amon Düül. Uschi from Munich quickly transforms into a model and she rises up to be a sex symbol and a youth icon. She can be seen as cover girl of the Playboy and rockstars like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are at her feet. Even the infamous Italian film producer Carlo Ponti tries to get her to sign a 10 year contract with him - but she declines. Her freedom is more important to her than a contract. During her intensive relationship with Keith Richards, she suddenly starts to recognize the dark side of the shiny glamour world she lives in. The isolation of the stars, and the groupie-existence in the anonymous hotel rooms - they don't get along well with her idea of life. She finds new freedom in a relationship with the adventurer Dieter Bockhorn (David Scheller). They fall in love and start a 6 year roadtrip around the world. But Bockhorn dies.

"They've found the paradise. Nobody dispelled them. They left by their own choice, because they couldn't take it anymore."

[edit] Cast

Directed by Achim Bornhak. Writing credits Achim Bornhak, Olaf Kraemer. Stars 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 and David Scheller as Dieter Bockhorn.