Episode 1
Episode 1
50m8.0 / 10
Episode credits
Guest stars Aleksandr Cherkasov
TV series
The Penal Battalion
20041 season7.2 / 10
Their life was worth nothing
Drama of the penalty parts of political prisoners, who fought on the Soviet fronts.
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Not streaming in United States
Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Penal Battalion premiered September 20, 2004. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Drama of the penalty parts of political prisoners, who fought on the Soviet fronts.
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Episode 3
Episode 3
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Episode credits
Guest stars Aleksandr Cherkasov
Episode 5
Episode 5
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Episode credits
Guest stars Aleksandr Cherkasov
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Cast
Aleksey SerebryakovVasilii Tverdokhlebov
Yuri StepanovAntip "Kulak" Glymov
Aleksandr BashirovStirahIliya KovrizhnykhTzukerman
Aleksei ZharkovLykov
Andrey MerzlikinBredounov
Olga KalashnikovaSveta
Aleksey OshurkovShilkinCredits
- Created by
- Eduard Volodarskiy, Nicolay Dostal
- Written by
- Eduard Volodarskiy
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 11
- Original language
- Russian
- Original title
- Штрафбат
Networks & production
Russia-1Russia- Etalon-FilmRussia
- MacDos
Themes
great patriotic warworld war iiрусский солдатсоветская армия