The Turning Point (Великий перелом)
Directed by	Fridrikh Ermler
Written by	Boris Chirskov
Starring	Mikhail Derzhavin, Sr Pyotr Andriyevsky Yuri Tolubeyev Andrei Abrikosov
Cinematography	Arkadi Koltsaty
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	1945
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Turning Point (Russian: Великий перелом, romanized: Velikij perelom) is a 1945 Soviet, Russian-language war film directed by Fridrikh Ermler based on a screenplay by Boris Chirskov. The film was one of the earlier Palme d'Or winners of 1946.^[1] It was produced by GOSKINO at Kinostudiya Lenfilm (Lenfilm Studio), distributed in the US by Artkino Pictures, and restored in 1967 at Lenfilm Studio. The film's working title was General of the Army (Russian: Генерал армии).

Cast

• Mikhail Derzhavin, Sr as Col. Gen. Muravyev
• Petr Andrievsky as Col. Gen. Vinogradov
• Yuri Tolubeyev as Lavrov
• Andrei Abrikosov as Lt. Gen. Krivenko
• Aleksandr Zrazhevsky as Lt. Gen. Panteleev
• Nikolay Korn
• Mark Bernes as Minutka Driver
• Vladimir Marev
• Pavel Volkov as Stepan