Punishment Battalion (1960)
1h 49m
Running Time
February 11, 1960Release Date
Punishment Battalion (1960)
1h 49m
Running Time
February 11, 1960Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Sonja Ziemann
Julia Deutschmann
Werner Peters
Hauptfeldwebel Krüll
Georg Thomas
Ernst Deutschmann
Kurd Pieritz
Hauptmann Barth
Heinz Weiss
Oberleutnant Obermeier
Ernst Schröder
Dr. Kukill
Klaus Kindler
Oberleutnant Bevern
Harald Philipp
Director
Heinz G. Konsalik
Writer
Georg Lehn
Wiedeck
Wolfgang Menge
Writer
Gerd Frickhöffer
Kronberg
Willy Zeyn Jr.
Producer
Judith Dornys
Tanja
Willy Mattes
Composer
Hanns Ernst Jäger
Karl Schwannecke
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 11, 1960
Original NameStrafbataillon 999
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Genres
Wiki.
Mireille Perrey (1904–1991) was a French stage and film actress. Perrey played some leading roles in the 1930s but gradually developed into a character actor, appearing in films such as the British comedy Hotel Sahara (1951). In 1964 she featured in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.Between 1942 and 1947 she was a member of the Comédie-Française.