The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1966)

Original title

Die beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreuz

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

satire

Country

Germany

Runtime

14 min

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A group of young men occupy a castle and prepare for a military battle that never arrives. Their increasingly pointless drills and rituals show the absurdity of war and peace.

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What happens

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (German: Die Beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreutz) is a 1967 short film by Werner Herzog filmed in 1966 in Deutschkreutz, Austria. Herzog's official website describes the film as "a satire on the state of war and peace and the absurdities it inspires." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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