[2] Herzog's official website describes the film as "a satire on the state of war and peace and the absurdities it inspires.

[3] In the film, four men break into an abandoned castle that was the site of a battle between the Russians and Germans during World War II.

The film ends with the four men, armed, storming out of the castle's front gates.

The film's actors have no dialogue; the only spoken text is delivered by a narrator, who discusses his thoughts on war and various other subjects.

[4] Maria Popova (The Marginalian), found that "(There is a) certain self-reliance that permeates (Herzog's) films and his mind, a refusal to let the fear of failure inhibit trying — a sensibility the voiceover in the final scene of Herzog’s The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz captures perfectly: “Even a defeat is better than nothing at all.” [5]