Red Heat (1985 film)
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Cast
Linda BlairLinda Blair
Linda Denise Blair is an American actress. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the 1973 film The Exorcist, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globes, winning one. She reprised her role in 1977's Exorcist II: The Heretic.-Biography:Blair...
—Christine Carlson
Sylvia Kristel
Sylvia Kristel
Sylvia Kristel is a Dutch actress, model and singer. Her most famous role is in the French film Emmanuelle.- Early life :...
—Sofia
Sue Kiel—Hedda
William Ostrander—Mike
Elisabeth Volkmann—Einbeck
Albert Fortell—Ernst
Herb Andress—Werner
Barbara Spitz—Meg
Kati Marothy—Barbara
Dagmar Schwarz—Lillian
Sissy Weiner—Uta
Norbert Blecha—Kurt
Sonja Martin—Evelyn
Evelyn Engleder—Eva
John Brett—Roger
Michael Troy—Howard
Helmut Janatsch—Lecture
Elvira Neustaedtl—Limmer
Fritz von Friedl—BND Agent
Synopsis
Christine Carlson (Linda Blair), an American college student, travels to West Germany to visit her fiancee 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 StasiStasi
The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (abbreviation , literally State Security), was the official state security service of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered...
and gets kidnapped herself as well. She is transported to the East Zone, 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
Sylvia Kristel
Sylvia Kristel is a Dutch actress, model and singer. Her most famous role is in the French film Emmanuelle.- Early life :...
), 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
BND
BND may stand for:* Bundesnachrichtendienst, German intelligence agency* Bank of North Dakota* Buy Nothing Day* Brunei dollar * BTEC National Diploma...
to help him. At first they refuse, but ultimately they reluctantly go along with his plans and help him free Christine.