The read
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes42%
Metacritic34/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
332 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael MannDirector
- Michael MannScreenplay
- Christopher FrankeOriginal Music Composer
- Edgar FroeseOriginal Music Composer
- Johannes SchmöllingOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Scott GlennGlaeken Trismegestus
- Alberta WatsonEva Cuza
- Jürgen ProchnowCaptain Klaus Woermann
- Robert ProskyFather Mihail Fonescu
- Gabriel ByrneMajor Kaempffer
- Ian McKellenDr. Theodore Cuza
- William Morgan SheppardAlexandru
- Royston TicknerTomescu
- Michael CarterRadu Molasar
- John VineLutz
- Wolf KahlerS.S. Adjutant
- Jona JonesOtto
