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.
Hannes Messemer
as Leutnant Bleck
Armin Dahlen
as Feldwebel Steinlein
Peter Herzog
as Unteroffizier Brix
Inge Langen
as Helga Burghardt
Eva Katharina Schultz
as Susanne Westphal
Helmo Kindermann
as Leutnant Thomsteg
Kurd Pieritz
as Oberleutnant Schwerdtfuß
Leo Bieber
as Major Krugstein
Horst Keitel
as Unteroffizier Mahlmann
Andreas Wolf
as Dr. Born
Benno Hoffmann
as Ketten-Charly
Heinrich Gies
as Lohmann
