

The Keep
"They were all drawn to the keep. Tonight, they will all face the evil."
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$6.0M
$6,000,000
Revenue
$3.7M
$3,661,757
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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Key Crew

Michael Mann
Director

Michael Mann
Screenplay

Gene Kirkwood
Producer

Hawk Koch
Producer
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

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
John Eastham
Alexandru's Second Son
Philip Bloomfield
Josefa's Son

Yashaw Adem
Carlos
Stephen Whittaker
S.S. Kommando