The Turning Point
1983, German. Directed by Frank Beyer.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Frank BeyerDirector
- Sylvester GrothMark Niebuhr
- Fred DürenGeneral Eisensteck
- Matthias GüntherHauptsturmführer
- Klaus PiontekMajor Lundenbroich
- Roman WilhelmiOhnehals
- Hans-Uwe BauerObergefreiter Fenske
- Alexander van HeterenCast
- Horst HiemerCast
- Günter JunghansCast
- Krzysztof ChamiecCast
- Gustaw LutkiewiczCast
- Michael GerberCast
Details
- Released
- 20 January 1983
- Original title
- Der Aufenthalt
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Wolfgang Kohlhaase
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The Turning Point isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 January 1983. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Turning Point?
The Turning Point (1983) was directed by Frank Beyer and stars Sylvester Groth, Fred Düren, Matthias Günther.