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.
Cast
- Edvin Adolphson as Hugo Henriksen
- Anita Björk as Evelyn
- Olof Bergström as Preben
- Gaby Stenberg as Inger
- Naemi Briese as Rosa
- Arnold Sjöstrand as Rasmussen
- Hugo Björne as Jespeersen
- Julie Bernby as Prostitute
- Nancy Dalunde as Prostitute
- Carl Hagman as Beer café host
- Aurore Palmgren as Mrs. Jörgensen
- Willy Peters as Benito
References
Bibliography
- Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0039491}}
Category:1940s Swedish-language films
Category:Films directed by Edvin Adolphson
Category:Films set in Copenhagen
Category:Swedish black-and-white films
Category:Swedish World War II films
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