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.
| Release Date | January 20, 1983 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Der Aufenthalt | |
| Runtime | 1h 42min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | German, Polish | |
| Original Language | German | |
| Production Countries | Germany, East Germany | |
| Production Companies | DEFA | |