
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.
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

Jona Jones
Otto