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.
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- Hannes MessemerLeutnant Bleck
- Armin DahlenFeldwebel Steinlein
- Peter HerzogUnteroffizier Brix
- Inge LangenHelga Burghardt
- Eva Katharina SchultzSusanne Westphal
- Helmo KindermannLeutnant Thomsteg
- Kurd PieritzOberleutnant Schwerdtfuß
- Leo BieberMajor Krugstein
- Horst KeitelUnteroffizier Mahlmann
- Andreas WolfDr. Born
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- Jürgen RolandDirector
- Heinz Oskar WuttigWriter
- Hans RameauWriter
- Michael MansfeldWriter
- Wolfgang AltendorfNovel
- Heinz HölscherDirector of Photography
- Ted KornowiczDirector of Photography
- Klaus DudenhöferEditor
- Hermann SchwerinProducer
- Alf TeichsProducer
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