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Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (born February 22, 1949 in Vienna) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion. More recently an aviation entrepreneur, he has founded and run two airlines and was manager of the Jaguar Formula One racing team for two years.
Lauda was born in Vienna, Austria, to a wealthy family. His paternal grandfather was the Viennese-born businessman Hans Lauda.
Lauda became a racing driver despite his family's disapproval. After starting out with a Mini, Lauda moved on into Formula Vee, as was normal in Central Europe, but rapidly moved up to drive in private Porsche and Chevron sports cars. His career seemed to be going nowhere in particular until he took out a large bank loan, secured by a life insurance policy, to buy his way into the fledgling March team as a Formula 2 (F2) driver in 1971. He was quickly promoted to the F1 team and drove for March in both F1 and F2 in 1972. Although the F2 cars were good (and Lauda's test-driving skills impressed March principal Robin Herd), March's 1972 F1 season was catastrophic and Lauda, in despair and deep debt, briefly contemplated suicide but finally took out yet another bank loan to buy his way into the BRM team in 1973. Lauda was instantly quick but the team was in decline; his big break came when his BRM team-mate Clay Regazzoni rejoined Ferrari in 1974 and team owner Enzo Ferrari asked him what he thought of Lauda. Regazzoni spoke favourably of Lauda, so Ferrari promptly went and signed him, paying Niki enough to clear his debts.
Actors: Alexandra Maria Lara (actress), Eric Fellner (producer), Pierfrancesco Favino (actor), John Warman (actor), Julian Rhind-Tutt (actor), Olivia Wilde (actress), Lukas DiSparrow (actor), Chris Cowlin (actor), Vincent Riotta (actor), Lee Nicholas Harris (actor), Daniel Brühl (actor), David Calder (actor), Cristian Solimeno (actor), Ron Howard (producer), Brian Grazer (producer),
Plot: Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error: if you make a mistake, you die.
Keywords: 1970s, argument, austrian, austrian-accent, bare-chested-male, blond-man, blood, blood-on-face, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, brotherActors: Hannes Michael Schalle (producer), Hannes Michael Schalle (director), Hannes Michael Schalle (composer), Hannes Michael Schalle (writer), Niki Lauda (actor), Guenther Mitterhuber (editor), Marlene Beran (producer), Guenther Mitterhuber (writer), Hermann Maier (actor), Thomas Muster (actor), Matthias Lanzinger (actor), Thomas Geierspichler (actor), Therese von Schwarzenberg (actress), Heinz Kinigadner (actor),
Plot: Against all odds - "Aus eigener Kraft" - tells extraordinary stories about world known Austrian sport athlets as Niki Lauda, Thomas Muster, Hermann Maier, Matthias Lanzinger, Heinz Kinigadner and Thomas Geierspichler, as well es the particular life story of Dr.Therese von Schwarzenberg. In personal interviews everyone tells his/her story of their experience after their tragic accidents, how they handled it and their way back into life and to the top of their sport disciplines.
Keywords: accident, comebackThere's no equality here
There's no equality anywhere
And every failing face
Is quickly replaced
By one you can't lose
It's an illusion
I'll even do revolution
That's never meant to occur
Won't happen to her
Won't happen to you
And you let me down slowly
Let me down slow and you turned me around
Let me down easy
Let yourself go, now you're goin' to town
Baby, baby, can't you see
What this hypocrisy is doin' to me?
We should've kicked over the ladders
From the start
You used to be my lover
You used to be my soul, soul brother
I used to believe
That you could conceive
Conceive with my love
But you let me down slowly
You let me down slow and you turned me around
Let me down easy
Let yourself go, now you're goin' to drown
Baby, baby, can't you see
What this absurdity is doin' to me?
We should've kicked over the ladders
From the start
There's no equality
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
No one supposes just how mean I can be
I play the victim and I really care
And all I've ever wanted is
Everything I'm gonna have
There's no equality here
There's no equality on earth I fear
There are so many [Incomprehensible]
The boss and the border
It's me or it's you
That's why I let you down slowly
Let you down slow and I turned you around
Let you down easy
Let myself go, now we're both set to drown
Baby, baby, can't you see
What this futility is doin' to me?
We should've kicked over the ladders
From the start