The Turning Point Poster

The Turning Point

52.00% | January 20, 1983 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Frank Beyer
Director
Hermann Kant
Novel
Rita Hiller
Editor
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Cast

Sylvester Groth
Sylvester Groth
Mark Niebuhr
Fred Düren
Fred Düren
General Eisensteck
Matthias Günther
Matthias Günther
Hauptsturmführer
Klaus Piontek
Klaus Piontek
Major Lundenbroich
Roman Wilhelmi
Roman Wilhelmi
Ohnehals

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