The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz (1967)

Name: The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, War & Politics
Released: 1967-04-04

15m

Running Time

Plot.

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. Their actions appear all the more senseless in relation to the peaceful everyday reality of the workers in the surrounding countryside.

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Cast & Crew.

Peter H. Bumm

Georg Eska

Karl-Heinz Steffel

Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg

Werner Herzog

Director / Editor / Screenplay

Bruno Zöckler

Producer

Jaime Pacheco

Cinematography

Uwe Brandner

Sound

Media.

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz

Details.

Release Date
April 4, 1967

Original Name
Die beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreuz

Status
Released

Running Time
15m

Genres
Comedy Drama Fantasy War & Politics

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

short

Wiki.

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.