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1983 • 1h 36min • R • Horror, Fantasy

The Keep

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

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.

IMDb 5.7

RT 44%

MC 34

Director

Michael Mann

Writers

F. Paul Wilson

Michael Mann

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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

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