Punishment Battalion (1960)
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 MartienzenRecommendations
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