The Turning Point
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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.
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Principal cast & crew: 18
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Edited by Rita HillerShot by Eberhard GeickScored by Gunther FischerDesigned by Alfred Hirschmeier
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- Le Séjourfr
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Sylvester Groth
as Mark Niebuhr
Fred Duren
as General Eisensteck
Matthias Gunther
as Hauptsturmführer
Klaus Piontek
as Major Ludenbroich
Hans Uwe Bauer
as Karl-Heinz Fenske
Alexander Van Heteren
as Jan Beveren
Horst Hiemer
as Gasmann
Gunter Junghans
as Gestapokommissar Rodloff
Krzysztof Chamiec
as Chef
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
as Szybko
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