

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.
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.

Sonja Ziemann
Julia Deutschmann
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