Punishment Battalion

The story

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 & crew

Sonja ZiemannJulia Deutschmann

Georg Thomas

Georg ThomasErnst Deutschmann

Werner PetersHauptfeldwebel Krüll

Ernst SchröderDr. Kukill

Heinz WeissOberleutnant Barth

Kurd PieritzHauptmann Barth

Georg LehnWiedeck

Gerd FrickhöfferKronberg

Klaus Kindler

Klaus KindlerOberleutnant Bevern

Judith DornysTanja

Hanns Ernst Jäger

Hanns Ernst JägerKarl Schwannecke

Werner Hessenland

Werner HessenlandGottfried von Bartlitz