Wilde Leben

A gripping love story based on the life of the legendary top model and groupie Uschi Obermaier, the sex symbol of the 1968 generation of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.

The beautiful young Uschi Obermaier from Munich is transformed at the end of the 1960s from a fashion top model to the figurehead of the sexual revolution and becomes the medium for an entire generation.

After meeting the pop-communard Rainer Langhans, Uschi moves into the Berlin "Commune 1" and runs through a whirlwind of relationships which make her a media icon, but useless for a "normal" life. When the commune falls apart in 1969, she takes up a relationship with the charismatic adventurer and bar-owner Dieter Bockhorn - during which time she is also involved with the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

In search of the summer of eternal love and on the run from changing times, Uschi and Dieter take off on a long, adventurous trip in their camper bus around the world. But their dropout idealism soon becomes catastrophic as Dieter cannot come to terms with Uschi's desire for independence. On New Year's Day 1984, Dieter dies in Mexico and Uschi finds herself faced with an existential question: what is the price of freedom?

Achim Bornhak 's films include: Das Perpetuum Mobile (short, 1990), Das Fenster (short, 1991), Die Abenteuer des Roten Baron (short animation, 1992), Beep (short, 1992), Slowfuck (short, 1993), Der Marianengraben (1994), John & Lucie (short, 1996), Schools Out (1997), Operation Noah (1998), and 8 Miles High (Das Wilde Leben, 2006).