The Turning Point
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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
13 people
Sylvester Groth
Mark Niebuhr
Known for
Dark
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Fred Düren
General Eisensteck
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Matthias Günther
Hauptsturmführer
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Race
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Klaus Piontek
Major Lundenbroich
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Roman Wilhelmi
Ohnehals
Known for
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
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Hans-Uwe Bauer
Obergefreiter Fenske
Known for
The Lives of Others
Woman of the Dead
Alexander van Heteren
Also in
Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden
Slot Marsepeinstein
Horst Hiemer
Also in
Isabel on the Stairs
The Boy with the Big Black Dog
Günter Junghans
Also in
The Adventures of Werner Holt
Rottenknechte
Krzysztof Chamiec
Also in
Kapitan Sowa na tropie
Walkover
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Known for
The Quack
Colonel Wolodyjowski
Michael Gerber
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Frank Beyer Director · Wolfgang Kohlhaase Writer Hermann Kant Author
First release January 20, 1983 · Produced in XG, Germany · Languages German, Polish
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
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Original title
Der Aufenthalt
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Polish
Release dates
Germany · January 20, 1983
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No release date listed for United States.
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