Film · TMDB
5.6Set 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.
Released: 1983-12-1696 minDir: Michael MannHorror, Fantasy
Cast
- Scott Glenn as Glaeken Trismegestus
- Alberta Watson as Eva Cuza
- Jürgen Prochnow as Captain Klaus Woermann
- Robert Prosky as Father Mihail Fonescu
- Gabriel Byrne as Major Kaempffer
- Ian McKellen as Dr. Theodore Cuza
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
5.7/10
15,866 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
42%
Metacritic
34/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Key dates
- Published
- 16 December 1983
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Keep
- Main subject
- occultism in Nazism
- Director
- Michael Mann
- Screenwriter
- Michael Mann
- Cast member
- Michael Carter
- Composer
- Edgar Froese
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Connections
Categories
1980s dark fantasy films1980s supernatural horror films1980s vampire films1983 American films1983 British films1983 English-language films1983 films1983 horror films1983 war filmsAmerican dark fantasy filmsAmerican supernatural horror filmsAmerican World War II filmsBritish supernatural horror films