No Way Back (1947 film)

{{Short description|1947 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name =No Way Back

| image =File:No Way Back (1947 film).jpg

| caption =

| director =Edvin Adolphson

| producer = Carl Nelson

| based_on =Drift by Hans Severinsen

| writer = Edvin Adolphson
Ragnar af Geijerstam

| starring = Edvin Adolphson
Anita Björk
Gaby Stenberg

| music = Sune Waldimir

| cinematography = Hilding Bladh

| editing =Lennart Wallén

| studio =Monark Film

| distributor =Sandrew-Baumanfilm

| released ={{Film date|1947|08|18|df=yes}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish

| budget =

| gross =

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No Way Back (Swedish: Ingen väg tillbaka) is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by and starring Edvin Adolphson and also featuring Anita Björk, Olof Bergström and Gaby Stenberg.Qvist & Von Bagh p.30 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arthur Spjuth.

Synopsis

Hugo Henriksen, a widowed businessman in wartime occupied Copenhagen is about to be granted a directorship and is persuaded by his daughter Evelyn to go out and celebrate. During an air raid a series of events lead to him accidentally killing a prostitute who had accosted him. He is witness leaving the vicinity by Preben, a young man who hopes to marry Evelyn. Henriksen leaves the city to avoid the hue and cry, and briefly enjoys some days of happiness with a woman Inger who he meets. However, he abruptly leaves her and returns to Copenhagen.

He discovers Preben is mixed up with the anti-German resistance movement. He eventually also sacrifices himself in the cause, as he is already a doomed man.

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References

Bibliography

  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.