The Keep (Original title)

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Dates: 1983 (Copyright), 16 December 1983 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Directed by: Michael Mann

Synopsis: Supernatural horror set during WWII. A squad of German troops unleash ancient demonic forces when they occupy the Keep, an ominous structure in a remote area of the Carpathian Alps.

Genres: Horror, War

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©: Associates Capital Corporation Ltd., Capital Equipment Leasing Ltd., Presents: Paramount Pictures, Executive Producer: Colin M. Brewer, Produced by: Gene Kirkwood, Howard Koch Jr, Associate Producer: Theresa Curtin, Associate Producer: Gavin MacFadyen, Associate Producer (Post-production): Richard Brams, Production Supervisor: Patrick Clayton, Production Accountant: John Bernard Wall, Assistant Production Accountant: Josephine O'Neill, Location Manager: Bryan Coates, Location Manager: Basil Somner, Post-production Supervisor: Phil Sanderson, Secretary to Mr [Michael] Mann: Marion Gray, Secretary to Mr [Colin M.] Brewer: Jean Hall, Production Assistant: Vicki Manning, [1st] Assistant Director: Roger Simons, Ray Corbett, Assistant Director (2nd Unit): Paul Madigan, 2nd Assistant Director: Kieron Phipps, Vic Smith, 3rd Assistant Director: Callum McDougall, Continuity: Ann Edwards, Casting (UK): Noel Davis, Casting (USA): Nancy Klopper, Bonnie Timmermann, Screenplay by: Michael Mann, Based on the novel by: F. Paul Wilson, Director of Photography: Alex Thomson, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Arthur Lavis, Camera Operator: Shaun O'Dell, Camera Operator: John Golding, Focus Puller: Peter Robinson, Focus Puller: Tony Gaudioz, Clapper/Loader: Shane O'Neill, Gary Spratling, Supervising Electrician: David Clarke, Camera Grips: Ken Atherfold, Bill Geddes, Stills Photographer: Graham Attwood, Special Photography Effects Supervisor: Nick Allder, Visual Effects Supervisor: Wally Veevers, Robin Browne, Matte Camereman: Ron Crees, John Palmer, Matte Camera Operator: Denis Fitzgibbon, Matte Camera Operator: Stuart Galloway, Matte Camera Operator: John Turner-Grant, Matte Camera Operator: Keith Holland, Roy Carnell, Matte Artist: Douglas Ferris, Special Effects Supervisor: Nick Allder, Special Effects Technician: John Mcgoldrick, Allan Bryce, Molasar Smoke Effects: Roger Simons, Edited by: Dov Hoenig, Additional Picture Editor: Pamela Power, Associate Editor: Christopher Kelly, 1st Assistant Film Editor: Philip Sanderson, 2nd Assistant Film Editor: Steve Maguire, 2nd Assistant Film Editor: Adam Unger, Tony Palmer, Production Designed by: John Box, Art Director: Herbert Westbrook, Art Director: Alan Tomkins, Art Director (Models): Leslie Tomkins, Art Department Assistant: Lucy Richardson, Set Decorator: Michael Seirton, Molasar Illustrator: Enki Bilal, Draughtswoman: Rosalind Shingleton, Sketch Artist: Bill Stallion, Production Buyer: Jill Quertier, Property Master: George Ball, Chargehand Floor Property Man: Dennis Hopperton, Floor Property Man: Peter Benson, Construction Manager: Albert Blackshaw, Assistant Construction Manager: George Langley, Peter Wilkinson, Costume Designer: Anthony Mendleson, Wardrobe Supervisor: Rosemary Burrows, Wardrobe Master: Ken Lawton, Wardrobe Assistant: June Kirby, Make-up Artist: Graham Freeborn, Make-up Artist: Beryl Lerman, Richard Mills, Make-up Effects Supervisor: Nick Maley, Make-up Effects Modeller: Richard Padbury, Christine Oyers, Chief Hairdresser: Barbara Ritchie, Hairdresser: Joyce James, Jan Dorman, Titles Designed by: Thomas Sullivan, Titles Shot by: Geoff Axtell Associates, Optical Effects by: Dennis Hall, Optical Effects by: Filmfex Animation Services, Optical Effects by: Vee Films, Optical Effects by: CA) VCE Inc (Sylmar, Optical Effects by: Roy Field, Optical Effects by: Optical Film Effects, Optical Effects by: Rank Film Laboratories, Geoff Axtell Associates, Laser Effects by: John Carr, Laser Effects by: Ken Goddard, Lasefx, Assistant Optical Editor: Andy Stears, Optical Camera Operator: Jamie Harcourt, Ken Worringham, Optical Focus Puller: John Fletcher, Keith Thomas, Colour by: Rank Film Laboratories, Prints by: Metrocolor, Music by: Tangerine Dream, Music Editor: Robert Badami, Assistant Music Editor: Gordon Greenway, Sound Mixer: Robin Gregory, Sound Boom Operator: Terry Sharratt, Re-recording Mixer: Doug Turner, Re-recorded at: Delta Sound Services, Sound Editor: Bill Trent, Additional Sound Editor: Peter Pennell, Assistant Sound Editor: Stephen Spencer, Stephen Janisz, Footsteps Editor: Campbell Askew, Assistant Footsteps Editor: Graham Sutton, Dialogue Editor: Peter Horrocks, Assistant Dialogue Editor: Jeremy Strachan, Dubbing Mixer: Bob Jones, Stunt Co-ordinator: Alf Joint, Stunts: Tracey Eddon, Stunts: Paddy Ryan, Stunts: Jim Dowdall, Stunts: Andy Bradford, Stunts: Nick Hobbs, Stunts: Doug Robinson, Historical Consultant: Andrew Mollo, Dolby Consultant: John Iles, 'The Keep' production pays tribute to: Wally Veevers, Dialect Coach: Julie Adams, Unit Publicist: Doreen Landry, Lighting Equipment by: Lee Electric (Lighting) Limited, Cameras and Lenses by: Joe Dunton Cameras Limited, Made at: Shepperton Studios

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Scott Glenn (Glaeken Trismegistus), Alberta Watson (Eva Cuza), Jürgen Prochnow (Captain Woermann), Robert Prosky (Father Fonescu), Gabriel Byrne (Kaempffer), Ian McKellen (Dr Theodore Cuza), Morgan Sheppard (Alexandru), Royston Tickner (Tomescu), Michael Carter (Radu Molasar), Phillip Joseph (Oster), John Vine (Lutz), Jona Jones (Otto), Wolf Kahler (SS adjutant), Rosalie Crutchley (Josefa), Frederick Warder (border guard 1), Bruce Payne (border guard 2), David Cardy, John Eastham (Alexandru's son), Philip Bloomfield (Josefa's son), Yashar Adem (Carlos), Stephen Whittaker, Ian Ruskin, Stephen Jenn, Benedick Blythe, Robin Langford (SS kommando), Renny Krupinski, Peter Guinness, Sean Baker, Timothy Block (Wehrmacht soldier)

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