Path without turning back
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Path without turning back |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Victor Vicas |
| script |
Gerhard T. Buchholz Victor Vicas |
| production | Gerhard T. Buchholz Stuart Schulberg |
| music | Hans-Martin Majewski |
| camera | Klaus von Rautenfeld |
| cut | Ira Oberberg |
| occupation | |
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Path without turning back is a German drama by director Victor Vicas from 1953 based on a novel by Gregory Klimov . The German theatrical release was on November 6, 1953.
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The Soviet engineer Michael Zorin experienced the end of the Second World War in May 1945 as an officer in the Red Army in Berlin . One night he met the terrified 16-year-old German girl Anna Brückner and accompanied her home.
Seven years later, in 1952, Michael was appointed head of a civil Soviet industrial inspection commission in East Berlin . There he works in a metalworking company with the German engineer Schultz, who is constantly in conflict with the socialist government. Michael searches in vain for Anna in West Berlin . Thereupon he is summoned to the group of the Soviet armed forces in Germany and receives a warning. At this appointment Michael discovers that Anna, who is now 23, is working there as a secretary and is a slave to the Soviet major Kazanov.
Michael and Anna meet several times and fall in love, which is made more difficult by Major Kazanow. Michael increasingly perceives the Iron Curtain as a threat and a torture. Schultz assassinated Michael because he believed that Michael was one of his tormentors. Michael survives and can convince Schultz that he himself is a victim of the system, whereupon both become friends.
Schultz is fired from his company and decides to flee to West Berlin. The desire to go to the West also grows in Michael. When Schultz's escape fails and it emerges that Michael helped him, Michael also has to flee to West Berlin. He is warned by Anna and she asks him to take her with him. Both escape their pursuers and find shelter in a West Berlin guesthouse. The next morning Michael wants to report to the authorities and old friends. In his absence Anna is dragged back to East Berlin by the secret service.
criticism
"Far more convincing than Carol Reed's Dangerous Vacation , apart from a few constructed effects, the film is characterized by lack of phrasing, fairness and tolerance in the representation of opposing positions."
Awards
- German Film Award 1954
- Film tape in gold, Best Actor
- Challenge Prize Golden Shell, Best Full-Length Feature Film
- Film tape in gold, best music
- Golden Globe Award 1955
Web links
- Path of no return in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Path without turning back in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ filmportal.de
- ↑ Path without turning back. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .