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Penal Unit (1989) | Slate

Penal Unit

Штрафники

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.

Released: 1989
Runtime: 1h 37m
Genres: Documentary
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Russian

Direction and writing

Lev DanilovScreenplay, Director

Yevgeniy ShvedScreenstory

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