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Punishment Battalion

63 %|Feb 11, 1960|History, War

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.

Featured Crew

Harald Philipp
Writer
Heinz G. Konsalik
Novel
Harald Philipp
Director
Wolfgang Menge
Writer
Hans Jürgen Kiebach
Production Design
Otto Erdmann
Production Design
Carl von Barany
Assistant Director
Willy Mattes
Original Music Composer

Cast

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Sonja Ziemann
Julia Deutschmann
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Georg Thomas
Ernst 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
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Kurd Pieritz
Hauptmann Barth
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Georg Lehn
Wiedeck
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Klaus Kindler
Oberleutnant Bevern
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Hanns Ernst Jäger
Karl Schwannecke
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Werner Hessenland
Gottfried von Bartlitz
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Alfred Balthoff
Stabsarzt Dr. Bergen
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Peter Schiff
Assistenzarzt Martienzen