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The Turning Point

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Calorie Rating: 143
Released: 1983-01-20
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Studios: DEFA,


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 / Directors

Frank Beyer
Director


Cast

Sylvester Groth
Character: Mark Niebuhr
Fred Düren
Character: General Eisensteck
Matthias Günther
Character: Hauptsturmführer

Klaus Piontek
Character: Major Lundenbroich
Roman Wilhelmi
Character: Ohnehals
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Character: Obergefreiter Fenske





Production and Crew

Eberhard Geick
Director of Photography