The Misfit Brigade (1987)

99 min · Drama, War Film, action film, adventure film, drama film, war film

Popularity3.5/5

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Directors

Gordon Hessler

Cast

Bruce Davison, Oliver Reed, D.W. Moffett, David Patrick Kelly, Jay O. Sanders, David Carradine, Keith Szarabajka, Slavko Stimac, Branko Vidakovic, Boris Komnenic, Lidija Pletl, Svetislav Goncic, Klaus Pagh, Andreja Maricic, Nikola Simijanovic

The story

In 1943 Germany, a tank crew is searching for convicted soldiers assigned to penal battalions. They encounter a woman claiming her baby is trapped in a bomb-damaged building. Porta, Tiny, Stege, Old Man, and Sven discover she is referring to her cat.

Catalogue themes and tags

1942, Assignment, Autoexplosion, Command, Eastern Front (WW II), Fronten, Mission, Russia, Soldatin, Suicide Mission, approval

Genres

Drama, War Film, action film, adventure film, drama film, war film

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