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'Flaming Hearts' is a 1978 West German drama film directed by Walter Bockmayer and Rolf Bhrmann. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Michael Rother produced the music for the film which was released the previous year as his debut solo album 'Flammende Herzen'.

Plot



Peter Huber (Peter Kern), the proprietor of a Bavarian corner newsstand, wins a free trip to New York City in a magazine contest, he is overjoyed. Filled with romantic ideas from the movies, his actual encounter with the gritty realities of the Big Apple are sobering. Nonetheless, he is in for the adventure of his life. First, he meets Karola Faber (Barbara Valentin), the German wife of a U.S. G.I. who has found life in the States not all it's cracked up to be: she has left her husband and makes her living through prostitution. Peter and Karola visit the local German migr community's Oktoberfest, and win the festival's King and Queen crown. Their prize is a cow, which accompanies them on their further journeys in New York City.

Cast



* Peter Kern Peter Huber

* Barbara Valentin Karola Faber

* Enzi Fuchs Anna Schltel

* Katja Rup Magda Weberscheid

* Anneliese Geisler Frau Geisler

* Peter Geisler Herr Geisler

* Rolf Bhrmann Conferencier

* Armin Meier Fahrer

* Ila von Hasperg Verkuferin

* Evelyn Knneke Sngerin im Lokal

References




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