The Turning Point
1983 · 102 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 181 VOTES · DIR. Frank Beyer
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 737 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:26 Which one? -That tall one.
00:10:34 Get in!
00:13:56 Even if you're just sitting there.
00:21:01 It's full!
00:30:59 Come on!
00:37:03 Hey, you!
00:43:32 Welcome, compatriot.
00:46:02 Rotlauf.
00:47:25 You know that?
00:51:17 Forget that they're calling you a murderer.
00:53:08 You wern't in the army very long.
00:54:48 I issue orders here.
00:58:17 we'll take turns sweeping the cell.
01:00:41 I wasn't there.
01:02:51 They can prove it.
01:04:48 Yes, taking hostages
01:07:46 But maybe you do.
01:11:00 Everyone wants to know.
01:14:51 During the time of the Röhm putsch, the Nürnberg laws, etc.
01:18:40 I didn't issue orders. I had no privileges.
01:23:12 It looked like a butcher's truck.
01:26:49 Time for the economics lesson.
01:29:32 There were those who killed.
01:35:08 Take that.
Cast & Characters
Sylvester Groth
Mark Niebuhr
Fred Düren
General Eisensteck
Matthias Günther
Hauptsturmführer
Klaus Piontek
Major Ludenbroich
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Karl-Heinz Fenske
Alexander van Heteren
Jan Beveren
Horst Hiemer
Gasmann
Günter Junghans
Gestapokommissar Rodloff
Krzysztof Chamiec
Chef
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Szybko
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed737
Dialogue density7.2 lines / min
First line00:01:26
Final line01:35:08
Production Record
DirectorFrank Beyer
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes181