Punishment Battalion
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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.
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Cast
34 people
Sonja Ziemann
Julia Deutschmann
Known for
The Bridge at Remagen
Georg Thomas
Ernst Deutschmann
Also in
Toni und Veronika
Isle of Sin
Harald Philipp
Heinz G. Konsalik
Ilse Dubois
Werner Peters
Hauptfeldwebel Krüll
Known for
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Heinz Hölscher
Ernst Schröder
Dr. Kukill
Known for
The Counterfeit Traitor
The Odessa File
Wolfgang Menge
Otto Erdmann
Heinz Weiss
Oberleutnant Barth
Also in
The Great Escape
Peter the Great
Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Harald Philipp Director · Wolfgang Menge Writer Heinz G. Konsalik Author
First release February 11, 1960 · Produced in Germany · Languages German, Russian
Production
Zeyn-Film
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Strafbataillon 999
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Russian
Release dates
Germany · February 11, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
January 10, 1962
Denmark
October 31, 1960 · Theatrical
Finland
December 9, 1960 · Theatrical
Japan
September 1, 1960
Mexico
February 8, 1962
Spain
June 17, 1963 · Madrid
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