Documentary

Penal Unit

Name: Penal Unit
Director: Lev Danilov
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1989-07-28
Duration: 97 min

July 28, 1989

1h 37m

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.