Punishment Battalion
109 mins
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.
Georg Thomas
Ernst Deutschmann
Klaus Kindler
Oberleutnant Bevern
Hanns Ernst Jäger
Karl Schwannecke
Werner Hessenland
Gottfried von Bartlitz
Harald Philipp
Writer
Harald Philipp
Director
Otto Erdmann
Production Design
Hans Jürgen Kiebach
Production Design
Carl von Barany
Assistant Director
Edith Zeyn
Assistant Director
Willi Mette
Production Manager
Alfred Arbeiter
Production Manager
Ilse Dubois
Costume Design
Erwin Gitt
Production Manager