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Punishment Battalion
Released: February 11, 1960 (1960)
Runtime: 109 minutes
Genres: History, War
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Gerd Frickhöffer as Kronberg
Age at release: 46
- Ernst Schröder as Dr. Kukill
Age at release: 45
- Georg Lehn as Wiedeck
Age at release: 45
- Werner Peters as Hauptfeldwebel Krüll
Age at release: 41
- Kurd Pieritz as Hauptmann Barth
Age at release: 41
- Heinz Weiss as Oberleutnant Barth
Age at release: 38
- Sonja Ziemann as Julia Deutschmann
Age at release: 34
- Klaus Kindler as Oberleutnant Bevern
Age at release: 30
- Judith Dornys as Tanja
Age at release: 18
- Georg Thomas as Ernst Deutschmann
Age at release: Unknown
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- Alfred Balthoff as Stabsarzt Dr. Bergen
Age at release: 54
- Hanns Ernst Jäger as Karl Schwannecke
Age at release: 50
- Peter Schiff as Assistenzarzt Martienzen
Age at release: 36
- Werner Hessenland as Gottfried von Bartlitz
Age at release: Unknown