Released:
1960-02-11

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.

Director:
Harald Philipp

Runtime:
1h 49min

Genre:
History, War

• Cast:
• 
  Sonja Ziemann
  as
  Julia Deutschmann
• 
  Georg Thomas
  as
  Ernst Deutschmann
• 
  Werner Peters
  as
  Hauptfeldwebel Krüll
• 
  Ernst Schröder
  as
  Dr. Kukill
• 
  Heinz Weiss
  as
  Oberleutnant Barth