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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.
Theatrical
Dec 16, 1983
Box Office
$3.7M
Budget
$6.0M
Return
0.6x
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures, Associated Capital, Capital Equipment Leasing, Howard W. Koch Productions, Gene Kirkwood Productions
Cast
Full credits →S
Scott Glenn
Glaeken Trismegestus
A
Alberta Watson
Eva Cuza
J
Jürgen Prochnow
Captain Klaus Woermann
R
Robert Prosky
Father Mihail Fonescu
G
Gabriel Byrne
Major Kaempffer
I
Ian McKellen
Dr. Theodore Cuza
W
William Morgan Sheppard
Alexandru
R
Royston Tickner
Tomescu
M
Michael Carter
Radu Molasar
J
John Vine
Lutz
W
Wolf Kahler
S.S. Adjutant
J
Jona Jones
Otto
R
Rosalie Crutchley
Josefa
F
Frederick Warder
Border Guard 1
B
Bruce Payne
Border Guard 2
D
David Cardy
Alexandru's Son
J
John Eastham
Alexandru's Second Son
P
Philip Bloomfield
Josefa's Son
Y
Yashaw Adem
Carlos
S
Stephen Whittaker
S.S. Kommando
