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Punishment Battalion
6.0(4)19601h 49m
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
- Writers
- Wolfgang Menge,Harald Philipp
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Cast
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
Gerd Frickhöffer
Kronberg
Klaus Kindler
Oberleutnant Bevern
Judith Dornys
Tanja
Hanns Ernst Jäger
Karl Schwannecke
Werner Hessenland
Gottfried von Bartlitz
Alfred Balthoff
Stabsarzt Dr. Bergen
Peter Schiff
Assistenzarzt Martienzen
Crew
Directing
- Harald PhilippDirector
- Carl von BaranyAssistant Director
- Edith ZeynAssistant Director
Writing
- Heinz G. KonsalikNovel
- Wolfgang MengeWriter
- Harald PhilippWriter
Production
- Willi MetteProduction Manager
- Alfred ArbeiterProduction Manager
- Erwin GittProduction Manager
Camera
- Heinz HölscherDirector of Photography
Editing
Sound
- Willy MattesOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Otto ErdmannProduction Design
- Hans Jürgen KiebachProduction Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Ilse DuboisCostume Design