Punishment Battalion

6.0
  • Genre: HistoryWar
  • Run time: 109 min
  • Premiere: 1960. February 11.

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

Julia Deutschmann

Georg Thomas

Ernst Deutschmann

Werner Peters

Hauptfeldwebel Krüll

Ernst Schröder

Dr. Kukill

Heinz Weiss

Oberleutnant Barth

Kurd Pieritz

Hauptmann Barth

Georg Lehn

Wiedeck

Klaus Kindler

Oberleutnant Bevern

Hanns Ernst Jäger

Karl Schwannecke

Werner Hessenland

Gottfried von Bartlitz

Alfred Balthoff

Stabsarzt Dr. Bergen

Peter Schiff

Assistenzarzt Martienzen

Art

Hans Jürgen Kiebach

Production Design

Otto Erdmann

Production Design

Camera

Heinz Hölscher

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ilse Dubois

Costume Design

Directing

Harald Philipp

Director

Carl von Barany

Assistant Director

Edith Zeyn

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Alfred Arbeiter

Production Manager

Erwin Gitt

Production Manager

Willi Mette

Production Manager

Sound

Willy Mattes

Original Music Composer

Art

Hans Jürgen Kiebach

Production Design

Otto Erdmann

Production Design

Camera

Heinz Hölscher

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ilse Dubois

Costume Design

Directing

Harald Philipp

Director

Carl von Barany

Assistant Director

Edith Zeyn

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Alfred Arbeiter

Production Manager

Erwin Gitt

Production Manager

Willi Mette

Production Manager

Sound

Willy Mattes

Original Music Composer