---
title: 'The Turning Point (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Beyer'
released: '1983-01-20'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-turning-point-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083594/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Turning Point (1983)

1983 · 101 min · Drama, War · German Democratic Republic

Original title: Der Aufenthalt

## Synopsis

The Turning Point 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Beyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-beyer)
- **Screenplay:** [Wolfgang Kohlhaase](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-kohlhaase)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Günther Fischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-fischer)
- **Producer:** [Herbert Ehler](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-ehler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Eberhard Geick](https://cinepixo.com/people/eberhard-geick)
- **Editor:** [Rita Hiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-hiller)

## Cast

- [Sylvester Groth](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvester-groth)
- [Fred Düren](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-duren)
- [Horst Hiemer](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-hiemer)
- [Günter Junghans](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-junghans)
- [Matthias Günther](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-gunther)
- [Roman Wilhelmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-wilhelmi)
- [Zygmunt Maciejewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/zygmunt-maciejewski)
- [Horst Giese](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-giese)
- [Wolfgang Kühne](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-kuhne)
- [Hannes Stelzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-stelzer)
- [Fred Ludwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-ludwig)
- [Hans-Uwe Bauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-uwe-bauer)
- [Jochen Diestelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/jochen-diestelmann)
- [Klaus Piontek](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-piontek)
- [Reiner Heise](https://cinepixo.com/people/reiner-heise)

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