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Punishment Battalion (1960)

Punishment Battalion (1960)

History War
Release Date: 1960, February 11
Directors: Harald Philipp
Countries: Germany
Production: Zeyn-Film, Zeyn-Film
Cast: Heinz Weiss, Ernst Schröder, Werner Peters, Peter Schiff, Georg Lehn, Gerd Frickhöffer, Kurd Pieritz, Hanns Ernst Jäger, Sonja Ziemann, Klaus Kindler, Judith Dornys, Alfred Balthoff

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.