Punishment Battalion

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Release date: February 11, 1960
Duration: 109 minutes
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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.

Starring

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Sonja Ziemann
Julia Deutschmann
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Werner Peters
Hauptfeldwebel Krüll
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Ernst Schröder
Dr. Kukill
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Heinz Weiss
Oberleutnant Barth