No Way Back (1947 film) explained

No Way Back
Director:Edvin Adolphson
Producer:Carl Nelson
Based On:Drift by Hans Severinsen
Starring:Edvin Adolphson
Anita Björk
Gaby Stenberg
Editing:Lennart Wallén
Studio:Monark Film
Distributor:Sandrew-Baumanfilm
Runtime:98 minutes
Country:Sweden

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.[1] 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

References

  1. Qvist & Von Bagh p.30

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