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The Turning Point (German: Der Aufenthalt) is a 1983 East German film directed by Frank Beyer and starring Sylvester Groth, Fred Düren and Klaus Piontek. The film is based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Hermann Kant, which was based on Kant's own experience as a prisoner of war in Poland. The film tells the story of a German prisoner of war at the end of World War II who is wrongly accused of being a war criminal. The film was controversial upon release as Polish commentators criticized that the film showed the Polish army wrongly accusing someone of war crimes. Nevertheless, the film was successful and won several awards and was the East German official submission to the 56th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Original Release
01/20/1983
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sylvester Groth | Mark Niebuhr |
Fred Düren | General Eisensteck |
Matthias Günther | Hauptsturmführer |
Klaus Piontek | Major Lundenbroich / Major Ludenbroich |
Hans-Uwe Bauer | Obergefreiter Fenske / Karl-Heinz Fenske |
Alexander van Heteren | Jan Beveren |
Günter Junghans | Gestapokommissar Rodloff |
Krzysztof Chamiec | Chef |
Gustaw Lutkiewicz | Szybko |
Roman Wilhelmi | Ohnehals |
Directors
Writers
Hermann Kant, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Dieter Wolf
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sylvester Groth | Mark Niebuhr |
Fred Düren | General Eisensteck |
Matthias Günther | Hauptsturmführer |
Klaus Piontek | Major Lundenbroich / Major Ludenbroich |
Hans-Uwe Bauer | Obergefreiter Fenske / Karl-Heinz Fenske |
Alexander van Heteren | Jan Beveren |
Günter Junghans | Gestapokommissar Rodloff |
Krzysztof Chamiec | Chef |
Gustaw Lutkiewicz | Szybko |
Roman Wilhelmi | Ohnehals |
Andrzej Krasicki | Amtsarzt |
Zygmunt Maciejewski | Eugeniusz |
Andrzej Pieczynski | Leutnant |
Leonard Andrzejewski | Aufnahmebeamter |
Michael Gerber | Hauptmann Schulski |
Eberhard Kirchberg | Oberleutnant Müller |
Danuta Kowalska | Mädchen |
Erhard Marggraf | Deutscher Gefangener |
Mathis Schrader | Deutscher Gefangener |
Tomasz Stockinger | Polnischer Gefangener |