The Turning Point (1983)

Original title

Der Aufenthalt

Directed by

Frank Beyer

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

German Democratic Republic

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

12

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German soldier is taken prisoner at the end of World War II and is held in a Polish prison. He is wrongly accused of being a war criminal and must struggle to prove his innocence.

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What happens

The Turning Point (also screened with the English name Held for Questioning; 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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