The Penal Battalion
Their life was worth nothing
Created by Eduard Volodarskiy, Nicolay Dostal
On Russia-1
A grim, intimate portrait of Soviet political prisoners forced into suicidal combat roles during WWII, where survival itself becomes an act of defiance.
Drama of the penalty parts of political prisoners, who fought on the Soviet fronts.
Essence
Ensemble
Aleksey Serebryakov
Vasilii Tverdokhlebov
Yuri Stepanov
Antip "Kulak" Glymov
Aleksandr Bashirov
Stirah
Iliya Kovrizhnykh
Tzukerman
Aleksei Zharkov
Lykov
Andrey Merzlikin
Bredounov
Olga Kalashnikova
Sveta
Aleksey Oshurkov
Shilkin
Timofey Tribuntsev
Choudilin
Maksim Drozd
Boulyga
Polina Kutepova
Katerina
Yuri Shibanov
Bourykin
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