The Turning Point

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Frank Beyer

Writers

Hermann Kant, Wolfgang Kohlhaase

Language

German

Country

Germany, East Germany

Release date

20 January 1983

Ensemble

Cast

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  Sylvester Groth

  Mark Niebuhr

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  Fred Düren

  General Eisensteck

• Matthias Günther

  Hauptsturmführer

• 

  Klaus Piontek

  Major Lundenbroich

• 

  Roman Wilhelmi

  Ohnehals

• 

  Hans-Uwe Bauer

  Obergefreiter Fenske

• Alexander van Heteren

• Horst Hiemer

• 

  Günter Junghans

• 

  Krzysztof Chamiec

• 

  Gustaw Lutkiewicz

• 

  Michael Gerber