The Turning Point (1983)
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.
Released: Jan 20, 1983
Runtime: 102 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Sylvester Groth, Fred Düren, Matthias Günther, Klaus Piontek, Roman Wilhelmi, Hans-Uwe Bauer
Crew: Eberhard Geick (Director of Photography), Frank Beyer (Director), Wolfgang Kohlhaase (Writer), Rita Hiller (Editor), Hermann Kant (Novel), Günther Fischer (Music)