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