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
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
Harald Philipp
Director, Writer
Wolfgang Menge
Writer
Heinz G. Konsalik
Novel
Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Editor
Heinz Hölscher
Director of Photography
Carl von Barany
Assistant Director
Edith Zeyn
Assistant Director
Hans Jürgen Kiebach
Production Design
Otto Erdmann
Production Design
Ilse Dubois
Costume Design
Willy Mattes
Original Music Composer
Alfred Arbeiter
Production Manager
Erwin Gitt
Production Manager
Willi Mette
Production Manager
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