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.
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
William Morgan Sheppard
Alexandru
Royston Tickner
Tomescu
Michael Carter
Radu Molasar
John Vine
Lutz
Wolf Kahler
S.S. Adjutant
Jona Jones
Otto
Rosalie Crutchley
Josefa
Frederick Warder
Border Guard 1
Bruce Payne
Border Guard 2
David Cardy
Alexandru's Son
John Eastham
Alexandru's Second Son
Philip Bloomfield
Josefa's Son
Yashaw Adem
Carlos
Stephen Whittaker
S.S. Kommando
Ian Ruskin
S.S. Kommando
Stephen Jenn
S.S. Kommando
Benedick Blythe
S.S. Kommando
Robin Langford
S.S. Kommando
Renny Krupinski
Wehrmacht Soldier
Peter Guinness
Wehrmacht Soldier
Sean Baker
Wehrmacht Soldier
Timothy Block
Wehrmacht Soldier
Owain Griffiths
Wehrmacht Soldier (uncredited)
Ralph G. Morse
Wehrmacht Soldier (uncredited)
Doug Robinson
Guard (uncredited)
Peter Ross-Murray
Nazi Soldier (uncredited)
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- Release Date 12/16/1983
- Language English
- Director Michael Mann
- Editor Dov Hoenig
- Cinematographer Alex Thomson
- Producers Gene Kirkwood, Hawk Koch
- Companies Paramount Pictures, Associated Capital, Capital Equipment Leasing, Howard W. Koch Productions, Gene Kirkwood Productions
- Budget $6,000,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| BE | Dec 16, 1983 | Theatrical (Limited) | 18 |
| Canada | Dec 16, 1983 | Theatrical | — |
| United States | Dec 16, 1983 | Theatrical | R |
| United Kingdom | Feb 16, 1984 | Theatrical | 18 |
| IE | May 4, 1984 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Japan | Jul 14, 1984 | Theatrical | — |
| Germany | May 1, 1985 | Physical (VHS) | 16 |
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