The Turning Point

The Turning Point — Plot

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 date
• January 20, 1983
• Runtime
• 102 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Frank Beyer

The Turning Point — Cast

Sylvester Groth Mark Niebuhr Fred Düren General Eisensteck

M

Matthias Günther Hauptsturmführer Klaus Piontek Major Lundenbroich Roman Wilhelmi Ohnehals Hans-Uwe Bauer Obergefreiter Fenske

A

Alexander van Heteren

H

Horst Hiemer