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.
Cast
Hannes Messemer
Leutnant Bleck
Armin Dahlen
Feldwebel Steinlein
Peter Herzog
Unteroffizier Brix
Inge Langen
Helga Burghardt
Eva Katharina Schultz
Susanne Westphal
Helmo Kindermann
Leutnant Thomsteg
Kurd Pieritz
Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß
Leo Bieber
Major Krugstein
Horst Keitel
Unteroffizier Mahlmann
Andreas Wolf
Dr. Born
Benno Hoffmann
Ketten-Charly
Heinrich Gies
Lohmann
Horst Naumann
Zobel
Wolfgang Völz
Jansen
Johannes Grossmann
Schramm
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann
Wirbel
Kurt Jaggberg
Unknown
Manfred Meurer
Unknown
Helmut Peine
Unknown
Karl-Otto Alberty
Unknown
Kunibert Gensichen
Unknown
Klaus Jepsen
Unknown
Paul Klinger
Narrator (voice)
Günther Mehrholz
Unknown
Rainer Rudolph
Unknown
Henning Schlüter
Unknown
Helmut Wildt
Unknown
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