No Turning Back (film)

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No Turning Back
File:No Turning Back (film).jpg
Directed by Alessandro Blasetti
Produced by Attilio Fattori
Romolo Sabbatini
Written by Alba de Céspedes
Alessandro Blasetti
Vittorio Nino Novarese
Diego Calcagno
Paola Ojetti
Based on No Turning Back by Alba De Cespedes
Starring Elisa Cegani
Valentina Cortese
Maria Denis
Doris Duranti
Mariella Lotti
María Mercader
Dina Sassoli
Vittorio De Sica
Music by Alessandro Cicognini
Cinematography Václav Vích
Edited by Dolores Tamburini
Production
company
Distributed by Artisti Associati
Release dates
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  • 5 January 1945 (1945-01-05)
Running time
95 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

No Turning Back (Italian: Nessuno torna indietro) is a 1945 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring an ensemble cast including Elisa Cegani, Valentina Cortese, Maria Denis, Doris Duranti, Mariella Lotti, María Mercader, Dina Sassoli and Vittorio De Sica.[1] [2] It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Alba de Céspedes.[3] It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Guido Fiorini and Carlo Egidi. Made in 1943 during the Second World, due to disruption caused by the fighting in Italy, it did not go on release until January 1945.

Synopsis

In the 1930s a group of female students from very different backgrounds boarding together at university each deal with their own life challenges. one of them, Vinca, falls in love with a Spaniard who returns to fight in his country's civil war.

Cast

References

  1. Schnapp p.128
  2. Verdone p.51
  3. Goble p.113

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Schnapp, Jeffrey Thompson . Staging Fascism: 18BL and the Theater of Masses for Masses. Stanford University Press, 1996.
  • Verdone, Luca. I Film di Alessandro Blasetti. Gremese Editore, 1989.

External links

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