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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Cast

Hannes Messemer

Leutnant Bleck

Armin Dahlen

Feldwebel Steinlein

Inge Langen

Helga Burghardt

Kurd Pieritz

Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß

Benno Hoffmann

Ketten-Charly

Horst Naumann

Zobel

Wolfgang Völz

Jansen

Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann

Wirbel

Kurt Jaggberg

Paul Klinger

Narrator (voice)

Henning Schlüter

Helmut Wildt