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
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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