The Turning Point

The Turning Point

5.2/101h 42m1983
The Turning Point

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

DEFA

Additional Information

Original Title:Der Aufenthalt
Original Language:German
Status:Released

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