Punishment Battalion
1960 · 109 min
History · War
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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.
Crew
- Director Harald Philipp
- Writer Harald Philipp
- Writer Wolfgang Menge
- Director of Photography Heinz Hölscher
Cast
Sonja Ziemann
Julia Deutschmann
- G
Georg Thomas
Ernst Deutschmann
Werner Peters
Hauptfeldwebel Krüll
Ernst Schröder
Dr. Kukill
Heinz Weiss
Oberleutnant Barth
Kurd Pieritz
Hauptmann Barth
Georg Lehn
Wiedeck
Gerd Frickhöffer
Kronberg
- K
Klaus Kindler
Oberleutnant Bevern
Judith Dornys
Tanja
- H
Hanns Ernst Jäger
Karl Schwannecke
- W
Werner Hessenland
Gottfried von Bartlitz
Crew
- Director — Harald Philipp
- Writer — Harald Philipp
- Writer — Wolfgang Menge
- Director of Photography — Heinz Hölscher
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