The Turning Point (1983)

  • 12
  • 01/20/1983 (DE)
  • Drama
  • 1h 42m

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.

Frank Beyer

Director

Hermann Kant

Novel

Wolfgang Kohlhaase

Writer

Cast

Sylvester Groth's headshot

Sylvester Groth

Mark Niebuhr
Fred Düren's headshot

Fred Düren

General Eisensteck
Matthias Günther's headshot

Matthias Günther

Hauptsturmführer
Klaus Piontek's headshot

Klaus Piontek

Major Lundenbroich
Roman Wilhelmi's headshot

Roman Wilhelmi

Ohnehals
Hans-Uwe Bauer's headshot

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Obergefreiter Fenske
Alexander van Heteren's headshot

Alexander van Heteren

Horst Hiemer's headshot

Horst Hiemer

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