Overview

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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Cast

Scott Glenn

Glaeken Trismegestus

Alberta Watson

Eva Cuza

Jürgen Prochnow

Captain Klaus Woermann

Robert Prosky

Father Mihail Fonescu

Gabriel Byrne

Major Kaempffer

Ian McKellen

Dr. Theodore Cuza

William Morgan Sheppard

Alexandru

Royston Tickner

Tomescu

Michael Carter

Radu Molasar

John Vine

Lutz

Wolf Kahler

S.S. Adjutant

Rosalie Crutchley

Josefa