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Writers:
Robert Collector (writer)
Gary Drucker (writer)
Release Date:
28 May 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Tagline:
Only one film could top the intensity of CHAINED HEAT. This is it!
Plot:
An American woman visiting her fiancée in West Germany is caught up with a defecting spy and captured by those in the East... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
"I killed my stepfather when he ate my pet snake"! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Linda Blair ... Christine Carlson
Sylvia Kristel ... 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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Red Heat - Unschuld hinter Gittern (West Germany)
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Runtime:
USA:104 min
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:16 | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | France:-12 | Norway:18 (video rating) | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Norway:16
Filming Locations:
Mafilm, Budapest, Hungary more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
'Linda Blair' broke her leg while filming. She had to complete the film, including chase scenes in the sewers of Vienna, wearing a cast. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The GDR used white license plates, not black ones. more

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"I killed my stepfather when he ate my pet snake"!, 28 March 2009
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Author: gridoon2009

Linda Blair is behind bars again! This time in ultra-communistic, ultra-fascist East Germany (if you thought the Cold War had died down in the mid-80s, films like this and "Rambo II" make you re-think your position). She gives an earnest performance in this (plus she has one terrific topless scene), and Sylvia Kristel makes a convincing "top bi*ch". The film has moments of artistry (Blair's voice-over reading of her letter, which stops when the warden throws it away), and the feeling of grim hopelessness inside the prison is well-portrayed. But there are some pretty boring parts too, mostly in the first and last 20 minutes. The long-awaited fight between Blair and Kristel is also a disappointment, because it takes place in near-complete darkness and the director keeps interrupting it with less interesting action footage. Footnote: avoid the Region 2 DVD version, it is cut in several places. ** out of 4.

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