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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.
Short. Four guys break into an old castle and find uniforms and military equipment. They then prepare to defend it from an imaginary enemy. Director. Werner Herzog. Writer. Werner Herzog. Stars. Peter Brumm. Georg Eska. Karl-Heinz Steffel. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. 5 User reviews. 3 Critic reviews. Photos. Add photo.
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The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreutz is a 1967 short film by Werner Herzog filmed in Deutschkreutz, Austria.[1] Herzog's official website describes the film as "a satire on the state of war and peace and the absurdities it inspires."[2]
Four young men enter an abandoned fortress. Inside, they find military uniforms, which they immediately resolve to use to stage a bizarre war game. Their actions appear all the more senseless in relation to the peaceful everyday reality of the workers in the surrounding countryside.
Directed by Werner Herzog. A satire on war and on the stupid things war inspires people to do. Four young men enter an abandoned fortress. Inside, they find military uniforms, which they immediately resolve to use to stage a bizarre war game.
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The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz. Four men break into an old castle and don aged uniforms while using military equipment to defend the grounds from an imaginary enemy.
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A satire on war and on the stupid things war inspires people to do. Four young men enter an abandoned fortress. Inside, they find military uniforms, which they immediately resolve to use to stage a bizarre war game.
