
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.
Release Date: 2/11/1960
Runtime: 109 minutes
Languages: Russian, German
Director: Harald Philipp
00Companies: Zeyn-Film
Countries: Germany
Ernst Schröder
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Sonja Ziemann
Julia Deutschmann
Georg Thomas
Ernst Deutschmann

Werner Peters
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Ernst Schröder
Dr. Kukill

Heinz Weiss
Oberleutnant Barth

Kurd Pieritz
Hauptmann Barth

Georg Lehn
Wiedeck

Gerd Frickhöffer
Kronberg
Klaus Kindler
Oberleutnant Bevern

Judith Dornys
Tanja
Hanns Ernst Jäger
Karl Schwannecke
Werner Hessenland
Gottfried von Bartlitz