Pre-Production- Keep Characters

Part of the pre-production process will involve the casting of actors in each role. Luckily, as this is an adaptation of a source material, I already have good descriptions of the characters and thus the type of actors I should look for. 

Below is a list of the primary characters from 'The Keep' along with their attributes. I have also included pictures of the characters/ actors from the 1983 film adaptation as well in order to show a visual representation and to compare:

(Capt.) Klaus Woermann

(As portrayed by Jurgen Prochnow)

Woermann is a captain in the German Army who is sent with his troop to take up residence in the mysterious Keep in ten Transylvanian Alps, Romania as a vantage point between two vital locations.

He sees the Nazis for who they really are, having seen the atrocities they have committed and thus wants nothing to do with them, despite being repeatedly offered to join the party.

It is Woermann who witnesses his men being murdered in the Keep and calls German Command for help.

Attributes:

Hair- Brown, short

Build- Large, slightly overweight.

Age- 35- 45

(Sturmbannführer) Erich Kaempffer

(As portrayed by Gabriel Byrne)

Kaempffer is a man who idolises the Nazi party and will try to enforce their values upon everyone he sees. When Woermann sends for help, Kaempffer is the man sent to help him, along with his extermination squad. He does not believe in the stories behind the killings and proceeds to accuse and try to kill the villagers surrounding the Keep.

Attributes:

Hair- Blonde, short

Eyes- Blue

Build- Tall, slim.

Age- 35- 45

Magda Cuza

(As portrayed by Alberta Watson)

Magda is the daughter of Theodore Cuza, dedicated to taking care of her terminally ill father. She becomes involved with the man known as 'The Stranger' and learns of the evil power that haunts the Keep.

Attributes:

Hair- Brown, long

Build- Slim

Age- 30- 40

(Dr.) Theodore Cuza

(As portrayed by Ian McKellen)

Theodore Cuza is a Jewish proffessor struck with a terminal illness and angry at the Nazi party for the way in which he and his fellow Jews have been treated. When the great power of the Keep offers him a chance to be rid of the Nazis forever after curing him of his illness, he forms an alliance with the evil power.

Attributes:

Hair- White/ grey, mid-length

Build- Skinny

Age- 45- 60

Glaeken Trismegestus/ 'The Stranger'

(As portrayed by Scott Glenn)

'The Stranger' wakes suddenly as the evil power held within the Keep is unleashed and travels far to Romania to confront that of which only he knows the true power.

Attributes:
Hair- Red, short.
Build- Slim
Age- 30- 45

Molasar

The physical manifestation of the evil power in the Keep. Molasar slowly rebuilds himself after feeding on his victims before being able to free himself from teh Keep. He tricks Theodore Cuza into helping him get an artefact which acts as the final lock on the Keep's prison of which he is contained.