The Keep

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.

Cast

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

as Glaeken Trismegestus

Alberta Watson

Alberta Watson

as Eva Cuza

Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow

as Captain Klaus Woermann

Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

as Father Mihail Fonescu

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel Byrne

as Major Kaempffer

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

as Dr. Theodore Cuza

William Morgan Sheppard

William Morgan Sheppard

as Alexandru

Royston Tickner

Royston Tickner

as Tomescu

Michael Carter

Michael Carter

as Radu Molasar

John Vine

John Vine

as Lutz

Reviews

Wuchak

**_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 mysteriousl...

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