
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1984)
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Setting
Set in Lublin and Warsaw
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Music
Music by Günther Fischer
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Eberhard Geick
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Wolfgang KohlhaaseWriter
- Hermann KantNovel
- Original title
- Der Aufenthalt
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 20, 1983
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- East Germany






























