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
Armin Dahlen
Peter Herzog
Inge Langen
Eva Katharina Schultz
Helmo Kindermann
Kurd Pieritz
Leo Bieber
Horst Keitel
Andreas Wolf
Benno Hoffmann
Heinrich Gies
Horst Naumann
Wolfgang Völz
Johannes Grossmann
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann
Kurt Jaggberg
Manfred Meurer
Helmut Peine
Karl-Otto Alberty
Kunibert Gensichen
Klaus Jepsen
Paul Klinger
Günther Mehrholz
Rainer Rudolph
Henning Schlüter
Helmut Wildt