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The Keep

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The Keep

They were all drawn to the keep. Tonight, they will all face the evil.

5.6(316) 12/16/1983 1h 36m
HorrorFantasy

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.

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Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Glaeken Trismegestus

Alberta Watson

Alberta Watson

Eva Cuza

Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow

Captain Klaus Woermann

Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

Father Mihail Fonescu

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

Major Kaempffer

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

Dr. Theodore Cuza

William Morgan Sheppard

William Morgan Sheppard

Alexandru

Royston Tickner

Royston Tickner

Tomescu

Directed by

Michael Mann

Production

Reviews

Wuchak

6/10

2/16/2022

**_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 supernatural thriller set in WW2, one of director Michael Mann’s early flicks before his great success with films like “The Last of the Mohicans” (1992). While this was a flop at the box office, it has since

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