Punishment Battalion
movie
Released February 11, 1960
Overview
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.
Cast
Sonja Ziemann
as
Julia Deutschmann
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Georg Thomas
as
Ernst Deutschmann
Werner Peters
as
Hauptfeldwebel Krüll
Ernst Schröder
as
Dr. Kukill
Heinz Weiss
as
Oberleutnant Barth
Kurd Pieritz
as
Hauptmann Barth
Georg Lehn
as
Wiedeck
Gerd Frickhöffer
as
Kronberg
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Klaus Kindler
as
Oberleutnant Bevern
Judith Dornys
as
Tanja
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Hanns Ernst Jäger
as
Karl Schwannecke
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Werner Hessenland
as
Gottfried von Bartlitz
Crew
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Harald Philipp
as
Director
Heinz G. Konsalik
as
Novel
Wolfgang Menge
as
Writer
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Harald Philipp
as
Writer
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Hans Jürgen Kiebach
as
Production Design
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Otto Erdmann
as
Production Design
Willy Mattes
as
Original Music Composer
Heinz Hölscher
as
Director of Photography
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Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
as
Editor
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Ilse Dubois
as
Costume Design
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Carl von Barany
as
Assistant Director
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Edith Zeyn
as
Assistant Director