Punishment Battalion

Punishment Battalion

109 mins | War, History | Feb. 11, 1960

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.

Punishment Battalion

109 mins | War, History | Feb. 11, 1960

Punishment Battalion
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Zeyn-Film
Original title Strafbataillon 999
Directors Edith Zeyn, Carl von Barany, Harald Philipp
Writers Heinz G. Konsalik, Wolfgang Menge, Harald Philipp

Cast

Sonja Ziemann

as Julia Deutschmann

Georg Thomas

as Ernst Deutschmann

Werner Peters

as Hauptfeldwebel Krüll

Ernst Schröder

as Dr. Kukill

Heinz Weiss

as Oberleutnant Barth

Kurd Pieritz

as Hauptmann Barth

Georg Lehn

as Wiedeck

Gerd Frickhöffer

as Kronberg

Klaus Kindler

as Oberleutnant Bevern

Judith Dornys

as Tanja

Hanns Ernst Jäger

as Karl Schwannecke

Werner Hessenland

as Gottfried von Bartlitz

Alfred Balthoff

as Stabsarzt Dr. Bergen

Peter Schiff

as Assistenzarzt Martienzen