Die beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreutz

Name: Die beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreutz
Genre: Short
Duration: 15 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Peter Brumm, Georg Eska, Karl-Heinz Steffel

19671967
15m

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Die beispiellose Verteidigung der Festung Deutschkreutz (1967)

Short

Four guys break into an old castle and find uniforms and military equipment. They then prepare to defend it from an imaginary enemy.Four guys break into an old castle and find uniforms and military equipment. They then prepare to defend it from an imaginary enemy.Four guys break into an old castle and find uniforms and military equipment. They then prepare to defend it from an imaginary enemy.

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5.8/10

782

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Trivia
The main location is Schloss Deutschkreutz, which is an Austrian castle close to the border with Hungary (only about 1,5 km / 1 mile away). From 1945 to 1955 the castle was used by the Soviet army, but they abandoned it later. Since 1966 it belongs to the artist Anton Lehmden, who is restoring the castle. The beautiful Renaissance building is open to the public on weekends during the summer (May 15th - Sept. 15th) and there is no entrance fee.

Connections
Referenced in Filmstunde: Filmstunde 1 (1991)

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4/10

Minor short from Werner Herzog

A gang of young men break into an abandoned castle, a place that was the site of an actual battle between Germans and Russians during World War II. They find military uniforms and weaponry there and proceed to don this gear and effectively become soldiers, setting up defences against attack by enemies unknown.

The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz is a film director Werner Herzog made from the proceeds of a financial award he won for his screenplay for his later film, Signs of Life (1968). It's a very basic affair which has no synchronised sound and only a narrator. It's seemingly a satire on war, although I'm not sure if I really noticed to tell you the truth. It's definitely a very minor work from this German visionary though and will only be of interest to his fans most probably.

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