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16 December 1983 (USA)
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THEY WERE ALL DRAWN TO THE KEEP. The soldiers who brought death. The father and daughter fighting for life. The people who have always feared it. And the one man who knows its secret... THE KEEP Tonight, they will all face the evil.
Plot:
Nazis guard a citadel that harbors a dangerous force that starts wreaking havoc and death upon them, forcing an uneasy alliance with a Jewish professional who can stop it. full summary | full synopsis
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1 nomination
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(7 articles)
Top Ten Underrated Films (Of All Time)
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The Keep heads for the big screen in London
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(From FilmShaft.com. 2 September 2009, 11:15 AM, PDT)
The Keep heads for the big screen in London
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This is a consistently strange, yet engaging film.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 (as Morgan Sheppard) | |
| Royston Tickner | ... | Tomescu | |
| Phillip Joseph | ... | Sergeant Oster | |
| Michael Carter | ... | Molasar | |
| John Vine | ... | Lutz | |
| Jona Jones | ... | Otto | |
| Wolf Kahler | ... | S.S. Adjutant | |
| Rosalie Crutchley | ... | Josefia | |
| Frederick Warder | ... | Border Guard #1 |
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96 min
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Color (Rankcolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Finland:K-18 |
Germany:16 |
Brazil:14 |
Australia:M |
France:-12 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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The film is dedicated to the memory of visual effects supervisor Wally Veevers.
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Factual errors: Many of the German soldiers are equipped with British Sten guns, rather than the MP 38/40 one would expect.
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Referenced in "The Directors: The Films of Michael Mann (#2.1)" (2001)
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Gloria
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Did you know that there was an original ending that followed the book more closely?more
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I wish that Mann had been a more experienced director when he tackled this really bizarre film, but all things considered it is really a damn fine movie. The soundtrack has some problems, but the dialogue and acting are so interesting that the faults of the film are balanced out. I especially enjoyed the conversations between Byrne's SS Major and Prochnow's German Army Captain. In fact, I almost wish that the majority of the film had dealt with this rather than the bizarre supernatural stuff. I really do advise this film to anyone that is interested in strange cinema. If you can get past the unfortunate flaws of the film, I think you will notice that it is actually a kind of fascinating little movie. I have seen it many times (first back in '85) and still find it a good watch (although most of my friends do not). In other words, this movie is not for everyone, but I thought it is quite interesting.