Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank BeyerDirector
- Wolfgang KohlhaaseWriter
Cast
- 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