Flaming Hearts (1978)

Plot Summary

When Peter Huber 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, 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.

Full Cast & Characters

Peter Kern

Peter Huber

Barbara Valentin

Karola Faber

Enzi Fuchs

Anna Schlätel

Katja Rupé

Magda Weberscheid

Armin Meier

Fahrer

Evelyn Künneke

Sängerin im Lokal

Ila von Hasperg

Verkäuferin

Director & Crew

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