Punishment Battalion
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- War
- History
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 11, 1960
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German, Russian
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Zeyn-Film
- Cast
- Gerd Frickhöffer,Georg Lehn,Alfred Balthoff,Sonja Ziemann,Hanns Ernst Jäger,Judith Dornys,Heinz Weiss,Georg Thomas,Ernst Schröder,Werner Hessenlandand 4 more
- Director
- Harald Philipp
- Cinematography
- Heinz Hölscher
- Music
- Willy Mattes
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0053309