Film

Punishment Battalion

6.019601h 49m16History War

Age rating: 16
Director: Harald Philipp
Year: 1960

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.