The Keep
1983/12/16 (US) | Horror, Fantasy
They were all drawn to the keep. Tonight, they will all face the evil.
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.
Michael Mann
Director
Michael Mann
Screenplay
Lead Cast
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
Budget
$ 6,000,000
Revenue
$ 3,661,757
Status
Released
Production Company
- Paramount Pictures
- Associated Capital
- Capital Equipment Leasing
- Howard W. Koch Productions
Crews
F. Paul Wilson
Novel
Chris Kelly
Associate Editor
Richard Mills
Makeup Artist
Herbert Westbrook
Art Direction
Bonnie Timmermann
Casting
Barbara Ritchie
Key Hair Stylist