Eight Miles High

Feb 1, 2007

1h 54m

★ 6.3

Overview

Achim Bornhak'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.

Genres

Music

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Babelsberg Film

ARD

Eight Miles High Trailers

Cast

Uschi Obermaier

Natalia Avelon

Rainer Langhans

Matthias Schweighöfer

Dieter Bockhorn

David Scheller

Mick Jagger

Viktor Norén

Keith Richards

Alexander Scheer

Uschis Mutter

Petra Berndt

Agentin

Inga Busch

Sabine

Friederike Kempter

Freiberg

Milan Peschel

Lurchi

Georg Friedrich

Boxer

Urs Rechn

Starfotograf Bernd

Johannes Silberschneider

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