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.

• Paramount Pictures
• Associated Capital
• Scott Glenn
• Alberta Watson
• Jürgen Prochnow
• Robert Prosky
• Gabriel Byrne
• Ian McKellen
• William Morgan Sheppard
• Royston Tickner