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.
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Cast
32 people
Scott Glenn
Glaeken Trismegestus
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
Marvel's The Defenders
Alberta Watson
Eva Cuza
Known for
La Femme Nikita
The Prince & Me
Jürgen Prochnow
Captain Klaus Woermann
Known for
Das Boot
The Da Vinci Code
Robert Prosky
Father Mihail Fonescu
Known for
Mrs. Doubtfire
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Gabriel Byrne
Major Kaempffer
Known for
The Usual Suspects
Hereditary
Ian McKellen
Dr. Theodore Cuza
Known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
William Morgan Sheppard
Alexandru
Known for
Shōgun
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Royston Tickner
Tomescu
Also in
Danger UXB
Kessler
Michael Carter
Radu Molasar
Known for
Return of the Jedi
The Illusionist
John Vine
Lutz
Known for
Cracker
Wolf Kahler
S.S. Adjutant
Known for
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Jona Jones
Otto
Also in
Melissa
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Michael Mann Director · F. Paul Wilson Author Christopher Franke Composer
Worldwide gross $3.7M · Budget $6M · United States release December 16, 1983
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,661,757
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Associated Capital
Production
Capital Equipment Leasing
Production
Howard W. Koch Productions
Production
Gene Kirkwood Productions
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Belgium · December 16, 1983
Limited theatrical
United States · December 16, 1983
Theatrical
Canada
December 16, 1983 · Theatrical
Germany
May 1, 1985 · Physical · VHS
Ireland
May 4, 1984 · Theatrical
Italy
December 16, 1983 · Theatrical
Japan
July 14, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 16, 1984 · Theatrical
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