The story is based on the F. Paul Wilson novel of the same name, published in 1981 (1982 in the United Kingdom). Dov HoenigChris Kelley The visuals alone kept me watching. [15] A board game based on the film was designed by James D. Griffin and published by Mayfair Games. It was so much for Mann that he in effect disowned the film and refused to have the film re-issued, which is the main reason why it’s so hard to find. He simply didn't inform Kaempffer of this because Molasar had restored his youth and he sought to employ the creature as a weapon against the Nazis. To change settings and unsubscribe, you call in the bell icon in the bottom right of the site footer or the padlock/icon in the top address bar at any time. Elements of music from these bands were parallel to Tangerine Dream‘s work on the score of The Keep, as well as usage of strange, abstract, dark and grainy retro-styled imagery by a number of these bands in their album covers and promotional artwork. The visual and special effects are stunning. Scott GlennJürgen ProchnowRobert ProskyIan McKellen The special effects for the creature were made by Nick Maley, helped by Nick Allder, who had previously worked on Alien and The Empire Strikes Back. Much is the pity since I thought it was great. United States There’s a clip of most of their soundtrack in the Video section below. Molasar, who is not perturbed by Christian crosses, is weakened and drawn back into the innermost recesses. [Molasar appears and talks to the frightened Dr. Cuza] Molasar : You have... death around you. Are there shortcomings to the movie? The score to The Keep is primarily made up of moody soundscapes, as opposed to straightforward music cues, composed by Tangerine Dream. In my head I always group this film in with some things going on in the world of underground music at the time I first saw the film, namely due to similar visuals and music aesthetics. Template:Expand section Apparently without him no one could figure out how to complete it. Directed by No information $6,000,000 (est.) The original film was two to three ½ hours long, depending on who you ask, so Paramount pared it down to an hour and a half. Additionally, Tangerine Dream's arrangement of the song "Gloria" from Mass for Four Voices by Thomas Tallis can also be heard in the film. The look of the main villain of the movie, Molasar, was changed many times during filming because Michael Mann wasn't sure how he wanted him to look. When Woermann requests a transfer, the higher-ups instead send a ruthless SD commander by the name of Eric Kaempffer (Gabriel Byrne) to find out what’s been killing the soldiers. Using manipulation and power, he just might achieve it. The movie is intense and foreboding, rich with eerie lighting and shading and a lot of blue. Kaempffer assumed that this was in reference to Partisans wanting to be free of Romania's fascist regime, but Cuza pointed out the language it was written in was over 500 years old and no longer spoken aloud. The demon Molasar saves the professor’s daughter Eva from two soldiers trying to rape her and cures Cuza of his debilitating scleroderma just by touching him. “The Keep” was released in 1983 and was based on an F. Paul Wilson novel of the same name. Powers/Skills Most notably, an ambient cover of Howard Blake's "Walking in the Air" was featured during the end sequence of the film. Based on Kaempffer was SS an officer in the SD Einsatzgruppen in Romania who was sent to reinforce Captain Klaus Woermann in the Dinu Pass in 1941. Now, why haven’t you heard about this film? The entity starts to take human form. Dr. Cuza : Your hands? Glaeken is transfixed, taking the place of the seal that was broken by the German looters. The entity housed in the Keep is known as Radu Molasar. One of those “guises” was a splinter project called Molasar that released a whole suite of tracks, now in one Anthology, all based on The Keep which captures the mood of the film, and aspects of Tangerine Dream‘s soundtrack in Gilbert’s trademark style quite well. Two weeks into post-production, visual effects supervisor Wally Veevers died which caused enormous problems because nobody knew how he planned to finish the visual effects scenes in the movie, especially the ones that were planned for the original ending. In the 1983 film adaptation, he was portrayed by Gabriel Byrne, who also played Satan in End of Days, and Marcus Duvall in Assault on Precinct 13. Mild Peril has worked under a number of guises, all in the general style of melodic, synth-driven cosmic electronic music. All the best, Stephane…"-Mike Carter (Radu Molasar) Stephane piter interview, 25th of June 2003. " Kaempffer took five hostages from among the surviving villagers and warned the local priest, Father Fonescu, that if any more German soldiers died those five people would be executed, and that this would go on until the Partisan activity stopped, or until the SS ran out of villagers. Kaempffer pulled strings and had the ailing Dr. Cuza and his daughter Eva taken from the concentration camp that they had been sent to and brought to the keep, dubiously promising (not in so many words) that they would be spared from the Holocaust if Cuza could translate the message. Script error: No such module "main". A unit of the Wehrmacht moves deep into the mountains and takes over a small rural village at Dinu Mountain Pass, a strategic decision to have more control over the area. Check it out for yourself, especially now that there’s a few places you can find it in this digital age. Yes, at least half of the movie was cut, but the half that is there is fabulous. Alex Thomson Having said that, since my initial viewings I’ve managed to stumble across the film one night on Britain’s Channel 4 late one night in a hotel room to my surprise. The theme and incidental music was composed by Tangerine Dream. When the German Army under the command of Capt. Radu Molasar is a malevolent demon living inside an abandoned citadel whose primary goal in life is to kill off Nazi soldiers or anyone else who dares enter the cold stone walls of the keep.