Overview
The story of the Battle of Stalingrad from the perspective of a Panzer commander and an officer in a penal battalion.
Director and cast
- Ullrich Haupt as Generalmajor Vilshofen
- Hanns Lothar as Soldat Gnotke
- Wolfgang Büttner as General Gönnern
- Wolfgang Völz as Soldat Asslang
- Christoph Bantzer as Soldat Gimpf
- Hans Paetsch as Der General
- Carl Lange as General Hartwitz
- P. Walter Jacob as General Vennekohl
- Wolfgang Stumpf as Oberstleutnant Unschlicht
- Gerd Mayen as Stabsarzt Huth
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