All of that would quickly change, however, as Obermaier entered into a heated affair with leader Rainer Langhans (Matthias Schweighofer), appeared on the covers of Playboy and Stern, and became an icon of the young generation. Until she arrived at the legendary Berlin "Kommune 1," Obermaier (Natalia Avelon) was just your typical German teen. ![]() ![]() It is not until photos of the real Obermaier appear over the end credits that one begins to understand what all the fuss was about.A Munich teen achieves worldwide fame as the embodiment of sexual freedom in the 1960s after romancing some of the biggest rock stars on the planet and rising to stardom as a successful supermodel in this biographical musical drama centering on the eventful life of Uschi Obermaier. Pic's credibility hardly suffers from this whirlwind tour of the fashionably impoverished, since all Obermaier's excursions feel like the memoirs of a delusional groupie. From there, the couple traverses the Third World (pic often resembles a late-'70s/early-'80s international co-production, even down to the lavish India-set nuptials), allowing Obermaier and her bare-chested beau to bum around in a brand new assortment of scanty ethnic costumes, complete with monkey accessory. Obermaier ditches the inconsolable rock legends to run off with mustachioed adventurer Deiter Bockman (David Scheller), the only cast member capable of rising to the requisite level of uber-romantic hyperbole. Both Stones are smitten with the footloose fraulein, Richards in particular. A fervent rock 'n' roll fan, Obermaier travels to England to meet the Rolling Stones, with helmer Bornhak offering ersatz approximations of Mick Jagger (a foppish Victor Noren) and Keith Richards (Alexander Scheer, granted more screen time since all the he has to do is mumble and lurch). Scenes depicting Obermaier's intersection with the times and frequent brushes with greatness combine historical oversimplification with the outright tedium of celebrity impersonators. Though she remains a political lightweight, the photographers seize upon her image, already familiar from nude magazine layouts, and make her the star of political demonstrations. Pic, which bowed July 11 at Gotham's Cinema Village, underwhelms on all levels.īased on 0bermaier's best-selling autobiography, saga follows its heroine from the provincialism of her parents' Bavarian hometown to the sexual experimentation of a radical Berlin commune where her breathless beauty makes longhaired revolutionaries abandon their ideals. Rather, "Eight Miles High" frustrates because, while continually promising to tip over into kitsch, the filmmakers remain in the realm of the uncommittedly awful as Avelon parades around seducing German counterculture icons and British rockers who go gaga over her uninhibited sexuality. (German, English dialogue)Ī chim Bornhak's Eurotrash biopic of Uschi Obermaier, German super-model and radical-chic icon of the '60s, is one long tease not in a voyeuristic sense, since its heroine, as nakedly incarnated by pouty Polish sexpot Natalia Avelon, hides none of her obvious talents under a bushel. With: Natalia Avelon, David Scheller, Rainer Langhans, Alexander Scheer, Friederike Kempter, Victor Noren. Reviewed at Cinema Village, New York, July 15, 2008. Camera (color, widescreen), Benjamin Dernbecher editors, Peter Przygodda, Sebastian Schultz music, Alexander Hacke production designer Eduard Karjewski, costume designer, Petra Kray sound (Dolby Digital), Michael Kranz casting, Silke Koch, Karen Wendland, Suse Marquardt. Screenplay, Olaf Kraemer, Bornhak, based on the autobiography by Uschi Obermaier. Executive producers, Moritz Eckes, Wolfgang Behr.ĭirected by Achim Bornhak. ![]() Produced by Eberhard Junkersdorf, Dietmar Guntsche. ![]() Production Services, Export Film Bishoff, On the Road Prods. presentation of a Neue Bioskop Germany production, in co-production with Studio Babelsberg Film, Hofmann & Voges Entertainment, Senator Film Produktion, TV60 Fflmproduktion, Kinowelt Filmproduktion, Munich Animation Film, Neue Bioskop Film in co-operation with IPS Intl. Retrieved from Ī Dokument Films (in U.S.)/Warner Bros.
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