The Keep (1983)

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.

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