The Keep
Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar and a mysterious traveller.
Synopsis
Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar and a mysterious traveller.
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Cast
Directed by Michael Mann
Scott Glenn
Glaeken Trismegestus
Alberta Watson
Eva Cuza
Jürgen Prochnow
Captain Klaus Woermann
Robert Prosky
Father Mihail Fonescu
Gabriel Byrne
Major Kaempffer
Ian McKellen
Dr. Theodore Cuza
William Morgan Sheppard
Alexandru
Royston Tickner
Tomescu
Michael Carter
Radu Molasar
John Vine
Lutz
Wolf Kahler
S.S. Adjutant
Jona Jones
Otto
Rosalie Crutchley
Josefa
Frederick Warder
Border Guard 1
Bruce Payne
Border Guard 2
David Cardy
Alexandru's Son
Production
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Release
1983
Runtime
96 min
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