Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Strafbataillon 999 (original title)
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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.
Cast: Sonja Ziemann, Georg Thomas, Werner Peters, Ernst Schröder, Heinz Weiss, Kurd Pieritz, Georg Lehn, Gerd Frickhöffer, Klaus Kindler, Judith Dornys, Hanns Ernst Jäger, Werner Hessenland, Alfred Balthoff, Peter Schiff
Writers: Harald Philipp (Writer), Heinz G. Konsalik (Novel), Wolfgang Menge (Writer)
Cinematographer: Heinz Hölscher
Production Designer: Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Otto Erdmann
Editor: Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Composer: Willy Mattes
Costume Designer: Ilse Dubois
Direction team: Carl von Barany (Assistant Director), Edith Zeyn (Assistant Director)
Production: Zeyn-Film
