Der Transport (1961)
Overview
March, 1945: The insecure and hesitant reserve lieutenant Felix Bleck receives orders to lead a transport of 40 prisoners to the Western Front, where the men are to be burned up in a punishment battalion. On the way there, Bleck realizes the inhuman futility of his assignment and makes a fateful decision.
Cast
Hannes Messemer
Leutnant Bleck
Armin Dahlen
Feldwebel Steinlein
Inge Langen
Helga Burghardt
Kurd Pieritz
Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß
Benno Hoffmann
Ketten-Charly
Horst Naumann
Zobel
Wolfgang Völz
Jansen
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann
Wirbel
Kurt Jaggberg
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