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Castle Keep

1969 · 105 min

A surreal, tragicomic war film that feels like a fever dream, blending absurd humor with inevitable destruction.

Tagline
A one-eyed major and his oddball heroes fight a twentieth-century war in a tenth-century castle!
Overview
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • art
  • death
  • obsession
  • fate
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour5
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, war
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
Written by
Daniel Taradash, David Rayfiel
Starring
Burt Lancaster, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Falk, Bruce Dern, Patrick O'Neal, Astrid Heeren, Scott Wilson, Tony Bill
Music
Michel Legrand
Cinematography
Henri Decaë
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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