March, 1945: The insecure and hesitant reserve lieutenant Felix Bleck receives orders to lead a transport of 40 prisoners to the Western Front, where the men are to be burned up in a punishment battalion. On the way there, Bleck realizes the inhuman futility of his assignment and makes a fateful decision.

Leutnant Bleck

Feldwebel Steinlein
Unteroffizier Brix

Helga Burghardt
Susanne Westphal
Leutnant Thomsteg

Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß
Major Krugstein
Unteroffizier Mahlmann
Dr. Born

Status
Released
Type
Movie
Director
Jürgen Roland
Genres