Just because of last two posts related to 'Keep', I saw the film again, (transfered from vhs to divx)
and though it has big failures in some parts (the monster is really funny)
it could be better: Mann couldn't do it is as he wanted because of problems with the production company.
The theme of the film itself, it is a sensitive case for TD I think, dealing with WW2.
The German anti-war movie "Das Boot" (reccomented!) had a better way to pass the same anti-war anti-evil messages.
BTW with main music theme from klaus doldinger.
This dark WW2 heritage is something that made the whole krautrock generation wanted to say to the world "we are from this country that did all this, but we are not the same -we want peace!"
Here's a fanpage dedicated to 'the keep'
http://www.the-keep.ath.cx/default_en.htm
It features an interview with Johannes Schmoeling.
Here's asegment:
'''The music of "The Keep» is a very rare composition to find and to hear, why official motion picture soundtrack of the COMPLETE MUSIC of "The Keep" was never created from 1983? (the only "official TDI music» was "The Keep» in 1997 TDI TOUR)
J.S.: As far as I know “The Keep” never went to the cinemas, so that there were no demands to us for a soundtrack release.'''