

The Keep
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $3.7M
- Language
- English
- nazi
- ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
- world war ii
- demon
- dark fantasy
- romania
- 1940s
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR16 Dec 1983
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1816 Feb 1984
CanadaCA
- Theatrical16 Dec 1983
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)1816 Dec 1983
GermanyDE
- Physical16VHS1 May 1985
IrelandIE
- Theatrical184 May 1984
ItalyIT
- Theatrical16 Dec 1983
JapanJP
- Theatrical14 Jul 1984
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The Keep was released on 16 December 1983.
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Wuchak
2/16/2022
**_Arty fantasy/horror taking place at a citadel in Romania during WW2_** In late 1941, a motorized German infantry unit holds a pass in the Carpathian Mountains by occupying a strange fortress that’s “built backwards,” as the captain observes (Jürgen Prochnow). When soldiers start mysteriously dying, it draws a ruthless Nazi commander into the fray (Gabriel Byrne), as well as a Hebrew professor and his daughte…
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