Punishment Battalion

Punishment Battalion

Punishment Battalion

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Punishment Battalion

1960

1h 49m

6.0(2 votes)

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War

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.

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14 members

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Sonja Ziemann

Julia Deutschmann

Sonja Ziemann

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Georg Thomas

Ernst Deutschmann

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Werner Peters

Hauptfeldwebel Krüll

Werner Peters

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Ernst Schröder

Dr. Kukill

Ernst Schröder

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Heinz Weiss

Oberleutnant Barth

Heinz Weiss

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Kurd Pieritz

Hauptmann Barth

Kurd Pieritz

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Georg Lehn

Wiedeck

Georg Lehn

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Gerd Frickhöffer

Kronberg

Gerd Frickhöffer

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Klaus Kindler

Oberleutnant Bevern

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Judith Dornys

Tanja

Judith Dornys

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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

Alfred Balthoff

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Peter Schiff

Assistenzarzt Martienzen

Peter Schiff

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