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The Penal Battalion

2004 · 1 season

A grim, unflinching war drama that immerses you in the bleak reality of Soviet penal units, with tense combat and moral weight.

Genres
Drama, War & politics, Action & adventure
Tagline
Their life was worth nothing
Overview
Drama of the penalty parts of political prisoners, who fought on the Soviet fronts.
How it feels
Bleak, tense, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Survival, war, guilt, redemption
Content
Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, war & politics, action & adventure
Created by
Eduard Volodarskiy, Nicolay Dostal
Written by
Eduard Volodarskiy
Starring
Aleksey Serebryakov, Yuri Stepanov, Aleksandr Bashirov, Iliya Kovrizhnykh, Aleksei Zharkov, Andrey Merzlikin, Olga Kalashnikova, Aleksey Oshurkov
Cinematography
Aleksey Dostal, Aleksey Rodionov
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes, 50 min each
Network
Russia-1
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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