The Turning Point

The Turning Point

52% | Jan 20, 1983 | Drama

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.

Featured Cast

Eberhard Geick
Director of Photography
Frank Beyer
Director

Cast

Mark Niebuhr
Sylvester Groth
Mark Niebuhr
General Eisensteck
Fred Düren
General Eisensteck
Hauptsturmführer
Matthias Günther
Hauptsturmführer
Major Lundenbroich
Klaus Piontek
Major Lundenbroich
Ohnehals
Roman Wilhelmi
Ohnehals

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