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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Showing 27 of 27 loaded cast members.
as Leutnant Bleck
DeceasedBorn: May 17, 1924
Died: November 2, 1991
Age at death: 67
as Feldwebel Steinlein
AliveBorn: October 14, 1919
Age: 106
Wolfsberg
as Unteroffizier Brix
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Helga Burghardt
DeceasedBorn: May 21, 1924
Died: November 23, 2007
Age at death: 83
as Susanne Westphal
DeceasedBorn: December 16, 1922
Died: March 3, 2007
Age at death: 84
as Leutnant Thomsteg
DeceasedBorn: March 30, 1924
Died: January 22, 2003
Age at death: 78
as Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß
DeceasedBorn: June 26, 1918
Died: December 25, 2010
Age at death: 92
as Major Krugstein
DeceasedBorn: January 1, 1904
Died: August 22, 1981
Age at death: 77
as Unteroffizier Mahlmann
DeceasedBorn: June 22, 1928
Died: November 6, 2015
Age at death: 87
as Dr. Born
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ketten-Charly
DeceasedBorn: May 30, 1919
Died: March 9, 2005
Age at death: 85
as Lohmann
DeceasedBorn: June 22, 1912
Died: April 26, 1973
Age at death: 60
as Zobel
DeceasedBorn: November 17, 1925
Died: February 19, 2024
Age at death: 98
as Jansen
DeceasedBorn: August 16, 1930
Died: May 2, 2018
Age at death: 87
as Schramm
DeceasedBorn: March 3, 1931
Died: July 31, 2014
Age at death: 83
as Wirbel
DeceasedBorn: September 1, 1906
Died: June 24, 1988
Age at death: 81
Born: November 10, 1922
Died: December 27, 1999
Age at death: 77
Born: December 11, 1908
Died: January 1, 1979
Age at death: 70
Born: May 5, 1902
Died: August 28, 1970
Age at death: 68
Born: November 13, 1933
Died: April 25, 2015
Age at death: 81
Born: June 26, 1907
Died: June 26, 1991
Age at death: 84
Born: April 26, 1936
Died: January 16, 2005
Age at death: 68
as Narrator (voice)
DeceasedBorn: June 14, 1907
Died: November 14, 1971
Age at death: 64
Birth date not on record.
Born: July 25, 1941
Age: 85
Berlin, Germany
Born: March 1, 1927
Died: July 20, 2000
Age at death: 73
Born: April 9, 1922
Died: October 4, 2007
Age at death: 85