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The Turning Point (1983)

The Turning Point (1983)

Drama
Release Date: 1983, January 20
Directors: Frank Beyer
Countries: Germany, East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast: Sylvester Groth, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Matthias Günther, Klaus Piontek, Roman Wilhelmi, Fred Düren

Overview:

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.