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.

Leutnant Bleck

Feldwebel Steinlein

Helga Burghardt

Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß

Ketten-Charly

Zobel

Jansen

Wirbel

Acting
June 30, 1961

Leutnant Bleck

Feldwebel Steinlein

Helga Burghardt

Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß

Ketten-Charly

Zobel

Jansen

Wirbel

Acting

