

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.

Obergefreiter Fenske
The original title is "Der Aufenthalt" (DE).
The runtime is 102 minutes (1h 42m).
It was a co-production between: Germany, East Germany.
The film was directed by Frank Beyer.
The screenplay was written by Wolfgang Kohlhaase.
Cinematography was handled by Eberhard Geick.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0083594.
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Der Aufenthalt
Released
12
Deutsch, Polski
Germany, East Germany
