The Misfit Brigade

original title:
The Misfit Brigade
other titles:
Wheels of Terror, (Die Galgenvögel)
country / year of production:
USA , Great Britain , Yugoslavia / 1986
original length:
99 min. , color
premiere:
D: 2 July 1987
genre:
adventure
based on:
Sven Hassel. Wheels of Terror. London: Souvenir Press, 1959.

Sven Hassel. Die Galgenvögel. München: Goldmann, 1987.
director:
Gordon Hessler
film script:
Nelson Gidding , Sven Hassel
producer:
Just Betzer , Benni Korzen
cinematographer:
Djordje Nikolic
editor:
Robert Gordon
composer:
Ole Hoyer
cast (role):
Bruce Davison , David Patrick Kelly , D. W. Moffett
more:
plot synopsis:
During World War II a group of German prisoners gets the chance to be sent home, if they are able to destroy a Russian train with munition and the whole track. As these men have nothing to lose they start this impossible mission.
keywords:
prisoners of war , train , high treason , sabotage
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Was filmed in Yugoslavia.
availability:
VHS NTSC