Flaming Hearts is a 1978 German drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Walter Bockmayer

Walter Bockmayer

Walter Bockmayer is a German film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed seven films between 1975 and 1988. His 1978 film Flaming Hearts was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...

 and Rolf Bührmann. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival

28th Berlin International Film Festival

The 28th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 22 to March 5, 1978. This was the first year the festival was held in February.-Jury:* Patricia Highsmith * Sergio Leone* Theodoros Angelopoulos* Jacques Rozier...

. Michael Rother produced the music for the film which was released the previous year as his debut solo album Flammende Herzen

Flammende Herzen

-Personnel:* Michael Rother - Guitar, Electric Piano, Bass, Synthesizer, Organ, Electric Percussion, Producer* Jaki Liebezeit - Drums* Conny Plank - Producer, Engineering* Ann Weitz - Front Cover Photograph* Christian Rabe - Back Photo* Rike - Design...

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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 emigré 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 Kern
  Peter Kern is an Austrian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He has appeared in 70 films since 1957 and directed a further 23. He starred in the 1978 film Flaming Hearts, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival...
  
   - Peter Huber
• Barbara Valentin
  Barbara Valentin
  Barbara Valentin was an Austrian actress. She worked in film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.-Biography:...
  
   - Karola Faber
• Enzi Fuchs - Anna Schlätel
• Katja Rupé - Magda Weberscheid
• Anneliese Geisler - Frau Geisler
• Peter Geisler - Herr Geisler
• Rolf Bührmann - Conferencier
• Armin Meier - Fahrer
• Ila von Hasperg - Verkäuferin
• Evelyn Künneke - Sängerin im Lokal