The Keep
The Keep
Release: 1983-12-16
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 5.6
Horror
Fantasy
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Associated Capital
Capital Equipment Leasing
Howard W. Koch Productions
Gene Kirkwood Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Gabriel Byrne
as Major Kaempffer
Frederick Warder
as Border Guard 1
Stephen Jenn
as S.S. Kommando
Peter Guinness
as Wehrmacht Soldier
Rosalie Crutchley
as Josefa
David Cardy
as Alexandru's Son
Yashaw Adem
as Carlos
Renny Krupinski
as Wehrmacht Soldier
Jürgen Prochnow
as Captain Klaus Woermann
Royston Tickner
as Tomescu
Ian Ruskin
as S.S. Kommando
Sean Baker
as Wehrmacht Soldier
Ian McKellen
as Dr. Theodore Cuza
Michael Carter
as Radu Molasar
John Vine
as Lutz
Wolf Kahler
as S.S. Adjutant
Alberta Watson
as Eva Cuza
Benedick Blythe
as S.S. Kommando
Robert Prosky
as Father Mihail Fonescu
William Morgan Sheppard
as Alexandru
Bruce Payne
as Border Guard 2
Scott Glenn
as Glaeken Trismegestus
Robin Langford
as S.S. Kommando
Crew
Nancy Klopper
Casting
Johannes Schmölling
Original Music Composer
Alex Thomson
Director of Photography
Alf Joint
Stunt Coordinator
Noel Davis
Casting
Edgar Froese
Original Music Composer
Andy Bradford
Stunts
Callum McDougall
Third Assistant Director
Gavin MacFadyen
Associate Producer
Gene Kirkwood
Producer
Christopher Franke
Original Music Composer
Bonnie Timmermann
Casting
Hawk Koch
Producer
F. Paul Wilson
Novel
Tracey Eddon
Stunts
Nick Hobbs
Stunts
Michael Mann
Director, Screenplay
Tangerine Dream
Music
Nick Allder
Special Effects Supervisor