The Penal Battalion
Seen it?2004 | 1 seasons | 50 min | Drama, War & Politics, Action & Adventure
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a small audience and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans and history buffs. If you loved SAS Rogue Heroes or Band of Brothers, start here.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 50 minutes, about 9 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Drama of the penalty parts of political prisoners, who fought on the Soviet fronts.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Limited series that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Created by Eduard Volodarskiy, Nicolay Dostal
- Aleksey SerebryakovVasilii Tverdokhlebov
- Yuri StepanovAntip "Kulak" Glymov
- Aleksandr BashirovStirah
- Iliya KovrizhnykhTzukerman
- Aleksei ZharkovLykov
- Andrey MerzlikinBredounov
- Olga KalashnikovaSveta
- Aleksey OshurkovShilkin
- Timofey TribuntsevChoudilin
- Maksim DrozdBoulyga