
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.
Julia Deutschmann

Ernst Deutschmann
Hauptfeldwebel Krüll

Dr. Kukill

Oberleutnant Barth

Hauptmann Barth

Wiedeck

Kronberg

Oberleutnant Bevern
Tanja

Karl Schwannecke
Gottfried von Bartlitz
Stabsarzt Dr. Bergen

Assistenzarzt Martienzen
