Heißer Sommer, aka Hot Summer (USA) is a 1968 East German musical film. The tagline is: "The East German Grease".

Cast

• Chris Doerk - Stupsi
• Frank Schöbel
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   - Kai
• Regine Albrecht - Brit
• Hanns-Michael Schmidt - Wolf
• Georg-Peter Welzel - Schpack
• Hans Mietzner - Schelle
• Norbert Speer - Rechtsanwalt
• Gerd Nordheim - Tom
• Ernst-Jürgen Thede - Transistor
• Madeleine Lierck - Thalia
• Rosa Lotze - Trude
• Bruno Carstens - Meister Klaus
• Werner Lierck - Abschnittsbevollmächtigter
• Marianne Wünscher - VEG-Leiterin
• Erich Brauer - Fischer

Madeleine Lierck 
Urta Bühler Camilla Hempel 
Leonore Kaufmann 
Ursula Soika 
Hella Ziesing Sylvia von Kashiwoslozki Marlis Räth 
Angelika Schmidt 
Norbert Speer 
Hans Mietzner 
Ernst-Jürgen Thede 
Georg-Peter Welzel 
Gerd Nordheim 
Günther Lisiecki 
Peter Heiland 
Hans-Christian Albers 
Marianne Wünscher 
Bruno Carstens 
Werner Lierck

Soundtrack

1. Heißer Sommer (03:20) (Chris Doerk & Frank Schöbel)
2. Das Darf Nicht Wahr Sein (02:58) (Chris Doerk, Frank Schöbel, Regine Albrecht & Hanns-Michael Schmidt)
3. Männer, Die Noch Keine Sind (02:40) (Chris Doerk)
4. Wir (01:58) (Frank Schöbel)
5. Tanz Am Strand (02:04) (Orchester Günter Gollasch)
6. Woher Willst Du Wissen, Wer Ich Bin? (02:08) (Chris Doerk & Frank Schöbel)
7. Was Erleben (02:38) (Chris Doerk)
8. Ein Sommerlied (02:48) (Frank Schöbel)
9. Fang Doch Den Sonnenstrahl (02:28) (Gerti Möller & Frank Schöbel)
10. Ich Fand Die Eine (04:17) (Frank Schöbel)
11. Es War Mal Ein Mädchen (01:45) (Ingo Graf)
12. Einmal Muß Ein Ende Sein (02:40) (Frank Schöbel)
13. Finale Heißer Sommer (01:32) (Chris Doerk & Frank Schöbel)

Trivia

• Heißer Sommer is featured in the 1997 documentary film East Side Story
  East Side Story (documentary)
  East Side Story is a 1997 documentary directed by Dana Ranga. The film documents the Soviet musical genre, which flourished during Stalin and enjoyed another short life after World War II but quickly died by the 1960s...
  
  
• It was filmed at Karl-Marx-Allee
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  The Karl-Marx-Allee is a monumental socialist boulevard built by the GDR between 1952 and 1960 in Berlin Friedrichshain and Mitte. Today the boulevard is named after Karl Marx....
  
   (Berlin), Leipzig
  Leipzig
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   (Saxony), Strausberger Platz, Friedrichshain, (Berlin), and Rügen
  Rügen
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  , (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) in Germany.
• IMDb's link to external reviews can be found at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061756/externalreviews
• A written review is located at Puchalski, Steven. Short Takes. In: Shock Cinema (New York City, New York, USA), Steven Puchalski, Vol. 19, 2001, Pg. 42, (MG)

External links

• http://www.berlin.de/kultur-und-tickets/events/heisser-sommer/
• Various links for Heißer Sommer at IMDb