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No Way Back (1947 film)

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'No Way Back' (Swedish: 'Ingen vg tillbaka') is a 1947 Swedish drama film directed by and starring Edvin Adolphson and also featuring Anita Bjrk, Olof Bergstrm and Gaby Stenberg.Qvist & Von Bagh p.30 It was shot at the Centrumateljerna 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 Bjrk as Evelyn

* Olof Bergstrm as Preben

* Gaby Stenberg as Inger

* Naemi Briese as Rosa

* Arnold Sjstrand as Rasmussen

* Hugo Bjrne as Jespeersen

* Julie Bernby as Prostitute

* Nancy Dalunde as Prostitute

* Carl Hagman as Beer caf host

* Aurore Palmgren as Mrs. Jrgensen

* Willy Peters as Benito

References





Bibliography



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


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