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.
Sonja ZiemannJulia DeutschmannGeorg ThomasErnst Deutschmann
Werner PetersHauptfeldwebel Krüll
Ernst SchröderDr. Kukill
Heinz WeissOberleutnant Barth
Kurd PieritzHauptmann Barth
Georg LehnWiedeck
Gerd FrickhöfferKronbergKlaus KindlerOberleutnant Bevern
Judith DornysTanjaHanns Ernst JägerKarl SchwanneckeWerner HessenlandGottfried von Bartlitz
Alfred BalthoffStabsarzt Dr. Bergen
Peter SchiffAssistenzarzt Martienzen
