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The Keep

The Keep

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 16, 1983

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Horror, Fantasy

User Score

57%

Original Title

The Keep

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures, Associated Capital, Capital Equipment Leasing, Howard W. Koch Productions, Gene Kirkwood Productions

Director

Michael Mann

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$3,661,757

Description

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.