Punishment Battalion

History, War

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Harald Philipp

Status Released

Release Date 1960-02-11

Storyline

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.