Punishment Battalion

Punishment Battalion (1960)


  • Genre: History, War
  • Release Date: 1960-02-11
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Zeyn-Film
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Director: Harald Philipp
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Summary

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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  • 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
Directing Harald Philipp Director
Writing Heinz G. Konsalik Novel
Writing Wolfgang Menge Writer
Writing Harald Philipp Writer
Art Hans Jürgen Kiebach Production Design
Art Otto Erdmann Production Design
Sound Willy Mattes Original Music Composer
Camera Heinz Hölscher Director of Photography
Editing Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann Editor
Costume & Make-Up Ilse Dubois Costume Design
Directing Carl von Barany Assistant Director
Directing Edith Zeyn Assistant Director
Production Alfred Arbeiter Production Manager
Production Erwin Gitt Production Manager
Production Willi Mette Production Manager

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