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.
Julia Deutschmann
Hauptfeldwebel Krüll
Dr. Kukill
Oberleutnant Barth
Hauptmann Barth
Wiedeck
Kronberg
Tanja
Stabsarzt Dr. Bergen
Assistenzarzt Martienzen
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