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Walk on the Wild Side
Biopic about German model Uschi Obermaier's spirit of the '60s
Have you ever dreamed of being completely free? Traveling the world, living without rules, and hooking up with anyone you wanted (including celebrities)? Sure, it sounds like the premise for a new MTV reality show. But according to Achim Bornhak's new film Eight Miles High, this lifestyle wasn't a fantasy at all for German model Uschi Obermaier, whom he portrays as the epitome of this born-to-be-wild brand of freedom.
As the biopic opens, Obermaier rebels against her conservative parents by posing nude and then runs away to become the It Girl of Munich's club scene. There, she meets Rainer Langhans, leader of the controversial politically motivated commune in Berlin, "Kommune 1", embraces free love, but lacks interest in following her new boyfriend's leftist ideals. Girls just want to have fun, and Obermaier does just that — modeling, touring the country as a Rolling Stones groupie, and traveling the world in a luxury tour bus with her Red Light District bar-owner lover. With her freebird lifestyle unlike any other female of her time, Obermaier became an icon and the embodiment of 1968 Germany.
As the biopic opens, Obermaier rebels against her conservative parents by posing nude and then runs away to become the It Girl of Munich's club scene. There, she meets Rainer Langhans, leader of the controversial politically motivated commune in Berlin, "Kommune 1", embraces free love, but lacks interest in following her new boyfriend's leftist ideals. Girls just want to have fun, and Obermaier does just that — modeling, touring the country as a Rolling Stones groupie, and traveling the world in a luxury tour bus with her Red Light District bar-owner lover. With her freebird lifestyle unlike any other female of her time, Obermaier became an icon and the embodiment of 1968 Germany.
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