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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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