The black Fortress

the black Fortress is a American Science fiction film carried out by Michael Mann in 1983.

Synopsis

In Romania in 1945, a troop of German soldiers takes possession of a fortress although its guard warns them on a supernatural presence in his center. 108 nickel crosses are fixed on the wall. The soldiers, thinking that they are out of money, detach one and release from them a creature which each night will kill a soldier. A garrison S unloads in reinforcement, persuaded that deaths are due to partisans. The captain of the troop calls upon a Jewish professor, Doctor Cuza, to solve the enigma against the opinion of the chief S, major Kaempffer.

Around film

  • the supervisor of the visual effects special, Wally Veevers, dies during turning, which will involve badly faked delays and plans.

  • This film had gone up by the producers in a short version rejected by its realizer

  • It never left in DVD to France.

Data sheet

  • Title: the black Fortress
  • original Title: The Keep
  • Realization: Michael Mann
  • Scenario: Michael Mann according to a novel of Francis Paul Wilson
  • Creation of the decorations: John Box
  • Costumes: Anthony Mendleson
  • Creation of Molasar: Enki Bilal
  • Lasted: 96 minutes
  • Left in the USA: December 16th, 1983
  • Left to France: May 2nd, 1984

Distribution

External bonds

  • '' the black fortress '' on Internet Movie Database
  • Site devoted to film the black Fortress (long version)

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