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.

• DirectorHarald Philipp
• Release11 February 1960
• Genre
  History / War
• Duration1h 49m
• Budget?
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  6.0
  2 reviews
• Productions

  Zeyn-Film