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starring

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Plot summary

Christine Carlson (Linda Blair), an American college student, travels to

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to visit her fiancé Mike (William Ostrander), who is serving in the

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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

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, 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

as Christine Carlson *

as Sofia * Sue Kiel as Hedda * William Ostrander as Mike *

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as Ernst *

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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

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* 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 {{exploitation-film-stub