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
Alberta Watson
as Eva Cuza
Robert Prosky
as Father Mihail Fonescu
Ian McKellen
as Dr. Theodore Cuza
John Vine
as Lutz
Frederick Warder
as Border Guard 1
Stephen Jenn
as S.S. Kommando
Scott Glenn
as Glaeken Trismegestus
Michael Carter
as Radu Molasar
Bruce Payne
as Border Guard 2
Gabriel Byrne
as Major Kaempffer
Benedick Blythe
as S.S. Kommando
Robin Langford
as S.S. Kommando
Renny Krupinski
as Wehrmacht Soldier
Sean Baker
as Wehrmacht Soldier
Jürgen Prochnow
as Captain Klaus Woermann
Rosalie Crutchley
as Josefa
Yashaw Adem
as Carlos
Ian Ruskin
as S.S. Kommando
Royston Tickner
as Tomescu
Wolf Kahler
as S.S. Adjutant
David Cardy
as Alexandru's Son
Peter Guinness
as Wehrmacht Soldier
William Morgan Sheppard
as Alexandru
Crew
Edgar Froese
Original Music Composer
Michael Mann
Director, Screenplay
Gene Kirkwood
Producer
Christopher Franke
Original Music Composer
F. Paul Wilson
Novel
Callum McDougall
Third Assistant Director
Gavin MacFadyen
Associate Producer
Hawk Koch
Producer
Nancy Klopper
Casting
Andy Bradford
Stunts
Alex Thomson
Director of Photography
Bonnie Timmermann
Casting
Nick Hobbs
Stunts
Tracey Eddon
Stunts
Nick Allder
Special Effects Supervisor
Alf Joint
Stunt Coordinator
Noel Davis
Casting
Johannes Schmölling
Original Music Composer