The Turning Point (1983)

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.

Released

1983-01-20

Genres

Drama

Runtime

102 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Frank Beyer

TMDB rating

4.9/10 from 8 votes