Movies Logo
The Turning Point

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.

Release DateJanuary 20, 1983
StatusReleased
Original TitleDer Aufenthalt
Runtime1h 42min
Budget
Revenue
LanguageGerman, Polish
Original LanguageGerman
Production CountriesGermany, East Germany
Production CompaniesDEFA