Penal Unit (1989)

Release Date: 1989-07-28
Runtime: 1h 37min
Production Company: Central Studio of Documentary Films
Production Country: Soviet Union
Director: Lev Danilov
Writer: Lev Danilov

On 28 July 1942 Stalin issued order No. 227 which among other things established the creation of penal battalions. Those units were sent to the most dangerous sections of the front lines. It's a story of those who fought in penal battalions during WWII.