The Turning Point

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 20, 1983

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, Polish

Countries

Germany, East Germany

Production

DEFA,DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Cast

Sylvester Groth,Fred Düren,Matthias Günther,Klaus Piontek,Roman Wilhelmi,Hans-Uwe Bauer,Alexander van Heteren,Horst Hiemer,Günter Junghans,Krzysztof Chamiecand 3 more

Director

Frank Beyer

Writer

Hermann Kant,Wolfgang Kohlhaase

Cinematography

Eberhard Geick

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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