Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison.
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Michael Mann
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Scott Glenn | ... | Glaeken | |
| Alberta Watson | ... | Eva Cuza | |
| Jürgen Prochnow | ... | Woermann | |
| Robert Prosky | ... | Father Fonescu | |
| Gabriel Byrne | ... | Kaempffer | |
| Ian McKellen | ... | Dr. Theodore Cuza | |
| William Morgan Sheppard | ... | Alexandru (as Morgan Sheppard) | |
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Royston Tickner | ... | Tomescu |
| Michael Carter | ... | Radu Molasar | |
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Phillip Joseph | ... | Oster |
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John Vine | ... | Lutz |
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Jona Jones | ... | Otto |
| Wolf Kahler | ... | S.S. Adjutant | |
| Rosalie Crutchley | ... | Josefa | |
| Frederick Warder | ... | Border Guard 1 | |
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Nazis are sent to guard an old, mysterious fortress in a Romanian pass. One of them mistakenly releases an unknown force trapped within the walls. A mysterious stranger senses this from his home in Greece and travels to the keep to vanquish the force. As soldiers are killed, a Jewish man and his daughter (who are both knowledgeable of the keep) are brought in to find out what is happening. Written by Brian House
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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.Genres:
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16 December 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Captain Klaus Woermann: [to a soldier, looking at the Keep] Your new home. How do you like it ?
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(a.k.a. "Theme From The Snowman")
Composed by Howard Blake
Rearranged and Performed by Tangerine Dream
Copyright Highbridge Music 1982
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Final feature film of legendary Visual Effects Supervisor Wally Veevers, who died in the middle of post-production. The film is dedicated to his memory. The closing credits dedication states: "The Keep production pays tribute to Wally Veevers". See more »Goofs
When the two soldiers are ripping the cross from the wall you can see the whole 'stone' wall flexing. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Captain Klaus Woermann: [to a soldier, looking at the Keep] Your new home. How do you like it ?
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The Keep Production Pays Tribute To Wally Veevers See more »Alternate Versions
The more upbeat ending showing Eva and Glaeken alive together is closer to the ending in the novel by F. Paul Wilson. See more »Connections
Featured in At the Movies: D.C. Cab/Two of a Kind/The Man Who Loved Women/The Keep (1983) See more »Soundtracks
Walking In The Air(a.k.a. "Theme From The Snowman")
Composed by Howard Blake
Rearranged and Performed by Tangerine Dream
Copyright Highbridge Music 1982
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A few of a detachment of German Army soldiers are mysteriously murdered in a Romanian citadel - 1942. The SS arrives to investigate and put a stop to the killings. However, there is an evil force at work within the Keep which will do anything to escape.
The Keep is a high concept yarn. The initial find set up and shooting of the villagers are stand out moments. The visuals and effects are stylistic, strong lighting, wind machines, optical layers are very much of there day. The special make-up has a startling 'cool' look to it, the 'Molasar' and Trismegestus designs are particularly well executed. Notably are the cast which includes the likes of Gabriel Byrne and Robert Prosky. Jürgen Prochnow is on fine form as Captain Klaus Woermann, Scott Glenn is intense and Ian McKellen is memorable as Dr. Theodore Cuza. The sets are well crafted, the on location shoot adds credence to the WWII setting and costumes add to the believability.
Nevertheless, rather than being intriguing with a slow pace The Keep plods along without building any real tension or suspense. The editing is a little jumbled, it appears to be a mixture of good and bad takes leaving it somewhat disjointed especially in the final reel, it may have benefited from only using those 'good' takes with a shorter running time. Tangerine Dream's score is of its time but doesn't compliment the scenes, it's highly intrusive and takes away much of the atmosphere, subtlety and eeriness.
Even with director Michael Mann at the helm and given the excellent story based on F. Paul Wilson's novel and Mann's adequate screenplay it never gels together. It's not sure whether it wants to be an art house, MTV video piece or gritty supernatural. Should Mann had attempted this recently he may have been able to fuse it together satisfyingly. I suppose retrospect is a fine thing. Curiously, Mann's workprint ran for 3 hours, after the studio saw what he had they wanted it cut to no longer than 90 minutes and assigned it second-level advertising. Mann has since distanced himself from the film.
Through all its disjointedness The Keep is an interesting film with a strong mythical good versus evil theme that plays on old religious fables. Molasar (Michael Carter) is the most menacing evil entity/being ever committed to celluloid and it's a shame that this has fallen into obscurity robbing the character and The Keep of even cult status.