The Keep( 1983)

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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.

Top Billed 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
Ian Ruskin
S.S. Kommando
Stephen Jenn
S.S. Kommando
Benedick Blythe
S.S. Kommando
Robin Langford
S.S. Kommando
Renny Krupinski
Wehrmacht Soldier
Peter Guinness
Wehrmacht Soldier
Sean Baker
Wehrmacht Soldier
Timothy Block
Wehrmacht Soldier
Owain Griffiths
Wehrmacht Soldier (uncredited)
Ralph G. Morse
Wehrmacht Soldier (uncredited)
Doug Robinson
Guard (uncredited)
Peter Ross-Murray
Nazi Soldier (uncredited)

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Wed Feb 16 2022

**_Arty fantasy/horror taking place at a citadel in Romania during WW2_** In late 1941, a motorized German infantry unit holds a pass in the Carpathian Mountains by occupying a strange fortress that’s “built backwards,” as the captain observes (Jürgen Prochnow). When soldiers start mysteriously dying, it draws a ruthless Nazi commander into the fray (Gabriel Byrne), as well as a Hebrew professor and his daughter (Ian McKellen & Alberta Watson). A strange nomad is also attracted to the proceedings (Scott Glenn). Based on the 1981 book of the same name, "The Keep" (1983) is a supernatu...