(Der Aufenthalt)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Germany,

East Germany

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

102 minutes

Year:

1983

Directors:

Frank Beyer

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Production companies:

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Actors:

Mark Niebuhr

General Eisensteck

Hauptsturmführer

Major Lundenbroich

Ohnehals

Crews:

Director of Photography

Director

Writer

Novel

Editor