
1961 · 1h 32m · ★ 6.8
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.

Kurd Pieritz
Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß

The Scarlet and the Black
1983·7.0