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
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00:01:26 Which one? -That tall one.
00:10:28 Stop.
00:13:46 At night, remember to add a "good night."
00:19:05 You can sing "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles."
00:28:17 Good night, Mr.Director!
00:36:30 What did you do?
00:42:42 I'm telling the truth.
00:45:32 Sure.
00:47:06 Does everyone know why they are here?
00:49:32 Attention!
00:52:23 Jan, can I ask you something else?
00:54:02 And why are you here, man?
00:56:31 The new cell leader will sleep
00:59:48 He's obviously
01:01:53 And in that respect not very Catholic.
01:03:57 And then the bitch
01:05:42 Once.
01:09:13 Hans Albers.
01:12:00 We also know that you told them a lot today.
01:17:26 With Gibraltar, too.
01:19:37 Here!
01:23:48 Get rid of the pest.
01:28:34 I'm in a stupid position.
01:29:57 I was responsible.
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 line01:29:57
Production Record
DirectorFrank Beyer
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes181