Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Harald PhilippWriter
- Harald PhilippDirector
- Wolfgang MengeWriter
- Willy MattesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sonja ZiemannJulia Deutschmann
- Georg ThomasErnst Deutschmann
- Werner PetersHauptfeldwebel Krüll
- Ernst SchröderDr. Kukill
- Heinz WeissOberleutnant Barth
- Kurd PieritzHauptmann Barth
- Georg LehnWiedeck
- Gerd FrickhöfferKronberg
- Klaus KindlerOberleutnant Bevern
- Judith DornysTanja
- Hanns Ernst JägerKarl Schwannecke
- Werner HessenlandGottfried von Bartlitz