The Turning Point

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The Turning Point (1983)

Directed by Frank Beyer

Drama · 1h 42m

In the fall of 1945, nineteen year-old Mark Niebuhr, is accused of murder and is jailed as a prisoner of war in Warsaw, Poland. He maintains his claim of innocence throughout long periods of solitary confinement. When Mark is placed among a group of Polish criminals, he becomes the target of their aggression. Later, Mark experiences true hell in a communal cell with fanatical German war criminals. Turning Point is based on actual events from Hermann Kant's novel of the same name.

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Cast

Sylvester Groth Mark Niebuhr Fred Düren General Eisensteck
M
Matthias Günther Hauptsturmführer Klaus Piontek Major Lundenbroich Roman Wilhelmi Ohnehals Hans-Uwe Bauer Obergefreiter Fenske
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Alexander van Heteren
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Horst Hiemer Günter Junghans Krzysztof Chamiec Gustaw Lutkiewicz Michael Gerber

Crew

Director
Frank Beyer
Writer
Wolfgang Kohlhaase
Novel
Hermann Kant
Director of Photography
Eberhard Geick
Editor
Rita Hiller

Details

Original title
Der Aufenthalt
Release date
1983-01-20
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German, Polish
Countries
East Germany
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme