Strafbataillon 999
Released: February 11, 1960Runtime: 109 minLanguage: DE
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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Werner Peters
as Hauptfeldwebel Krüll
Kurd Pieritz
as Hauptmann Barth
Heinz Weiss
as Oberleutnant Obermeier
Klaus Kindler
as Oberleutnant Bevern
Georg Thomas
as Dr. Ernst Deutschmann
Hanns Ernst Jager
as Karl Schwannecke
Georg Lehn
as Erich Wiedeck
Werner Hessenland
as Gottfried von Bartlitz
Judith Dornys
as Tanja
Bert Sotlar
as Leutnant Sergej
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