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Movie · 1960

Punishment Battalion

Released 11 February 1960 More from 1960 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Gerd Frickhöffer
as Kronberg
46
Ernst Schröder
as Dr. Kukill
45
Georg Lehn
as Wiedeck
45
Kurd Pieritz
as Hauptmann Barth
41
Heinz Weiss
as Oberleutnant Barth
38
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
8years between the oldest and youngest billed
46Gerd Frickhöffer — oldest on the call sheet
38Heinz Weiss — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast
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