Punishment Battalion (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.
Director: Harald Philipp
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Sonja Ziemann as Julia Deutschmann |
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Georg Thomas as Ernst Deutschmann |
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Werner Peters as Hauptfeldwebel Krüll |
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Ernst Schröder as Dr. Kukill |
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Heinz Weiss as Oberleutnant Barth |
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Kurd Pieritz as Hauptmann Barth |
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Georg Lehn as Wiedeck |
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Gerd Frickhöffer as Kronberg |
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Klaus Kindler as Oberleutnant Bevern |
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Judith Dornys as Tanja |
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Hanns Ernst Jäger as Karl Schwannecke |
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Werner Hessenland as Gottfried von Bartlitz |
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Alfred Balthoff as Stabsarzt Dr. Bergen |
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Peter Schiff as Assistenzarzt Martienzen |
| Writing | Harald Philipp | Writer |
| Writing | Heinz G. Konsalik | Novel |
| Directing | Harald Philipp | Director |
| Writing | Wolfgang Menge | Writer |
| Art | Hans Jürgen Kiebach | Production Design |
| Art | Otto Erdmann | Production Design |
| Directing | Carl von Barany | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Willy Mattes | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann | Editor |
| Directing | Edith Zeyn | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Heinz Hölscher | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ilse Dubois | Costume Design |
| Production | Alfred Arbeiter | Production Manager |
| Production | Erwin Gitt | Production Manager |
| Production | Willi Mette | Production Manager |
