Red Heat (1985 film)

Red Heat
Red Heat
Directed by	Robert Collector
Written by	Robert Collector; Gary Drucker
Starring	Linda Blair; Sylvia Kristel
Music by	Tangerine Dream
Release date	May 28, 1985;
Language	English
Box office	37,933 admissions (France)

Red Heat is a 1985 women in prison film starring Linda Blair and Sylvia Kristel.^[2]

Plot summary[]

Christine Carlson (Linda Blair), an American college student, travels to West Germany to visit her fiancé Mike (William Ostrander), 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, 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 (Sylvia Kristel), 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
Albert Fortell 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[]

^ "Sylvia Kristel Box Office". Box Office Story.
^ "Red Heat". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2009. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009.

External links[]

Red Heat at IMDb

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[1] "Sylvia Kristel Box Office". Box Office Story.

[2] "Red Heat". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2009. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009.

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