Movielogr
Punishment Battalion (1960)
Directed by Harald Philipp
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.
Length 109 minutes
Actors
Heinz Weiss | Peter Schiff | Ernst Schröder | Georg Lehn | Werner Peters | Gerd Frickhöffer | Kurd Pieritz | Sonja Ziemann | Georg Thomas | Judith Dornys | Alfred Balthoff | Hanns Ernst Jäger | Klaus Kindler | Werner Hessenland