Punishment Battalion (1960)

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 (14)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Alfred Balthoff

Stabsarzt Dr. Bergen

Peter Schiff

Assistenzarzt Martienzen

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