The Turning Point
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The Turning Point

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.

Overview

Release Date
Jan 20, 1983
Original Title
Der Aufenthalt
Runtime
102 minutes
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Language
de
Production Companies
DEFA
Production Countries
Germany, East Germany