Red Heat is a 1985
women in prison film starring
Linda Blair and
Sylvia Kristel.
Plot summary
Christine Carlson, an American college student, travels to
West Germany
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
to visit her fiancé Mike , who is serving in the
US Army there. She tries to convince him to marry her promptly, but he chooses to delay marriage in order to re-enlist. Distraught by Mike's decision, Christine takes a late-night walk where she witnesses a kidnapping by the East German
Stasi and gets kidnapped herself as well. She is transported to
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
, where she is brutally interrogated by the Stasi, forced to admit to false charges of espionage, and thrown into a women's prison with the common criminals, including the gang leader Sofia, who is the prisoners' "top bitch" and has ''de facto'' control of the entire prison population. Sofia takes pleasure in brutally tormenting and harassing Christine, until the latter loses her patience and fights Sofia in a no-holds-barred brawl. Meanwhile, Mike is determined to free his beloved, and tries to get the US Army and the West German
BND to help him. At first they refuse, but ultimately they reluctantly go along with his plans and help him free Christine.
Cast
*
Linda Blair as Christine Carlson
*
Sylvia Kristel as Sofia
* Sue Kiel as Hedda
* William Ostrander as Mike
*
Elisabeth Volkmann as Einbeck
* as Ernst
*
Herb Andress as Werner
* Barbara Spitz as Meg
* Kati Marothy as Barbara
* Dagmar Schwarz as Lillian
* Sissy Weiner as Uta
*
Norbert Blecha as Kurt
* Sonja Martin as Evelyn
* Evelyn Engleder as Eva
* John Brett as Roger
* Michael Troy as Howard
* Helmut Janatsch as Lecture
* Elvira Neustädtl as Limmer
*
Fritz von Friedl as BND Agent
References
External links
*
1985 films
Women in prison films
Cold War films
Films set in Germany
Films directed by Robert Collector
Films scored by Tangerine Dream
Films set in prison
Films set in East Germany
Films set in West Germany
Films about the United States Army
1980s English-language films
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