Punishment Battalion (1960)

6.0/10 109 min History War

Overview

The film focuses on life in a World War II German penal battalion camp somewhere in Russia. The convicts include a heroic doctor unjustly convicted of avoiding military service, an officer who retreated against orders, and common criminals. It shows their life in the camp, clearing mines, living in trenches on the front line.

Cast

Sonja Ziemann

Julia Deutschmann

Werner Peters

Hauptfeldwebel Krüll

Ernst Schröder

Dr. Kukill

Heinz Weiss

Oberleutnant Barth

Kurd Pieritz

Hauptmann Barth

Georg Lehn

Wiedeck

Gerd Frickhöffer

Kronberg

Judith Dornys

Tanja

Alfred Balthoff

Stabsarzt Dr. Bergen

Peter Schiff

Assistenzarzt Martienzen

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