No Way Back (1953 film)

No Way Back (German: Weg ohne Umkehr) is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Victor Vicas and starring Ivan Desny, Ruth Niehaus and René Deltgen.^[1] It was made at the height of the Cold War.

Directed byVictor Vicas

Written by

• Gregory Klimov (book)
• Gerhard T. Buchholz
• Victor Vicas
• Beate von Molo

Produced by

• Gerhard T. Buchholz
• Stuart Schulberg

Starring

• Ivan Desny
• Ruth Niehaus
• René Deltgen

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No Way Back
Directed by	Victor Vicas
Written by	Gregory Klimov (book) Gerhard T. Buchholz Victor Vicas Beate von Molo
Produced by	Gerhard T. Buchholz Stuart Schulberg
Starring	Ivan Desny Ruth Niehaus René Deltgen
Cinematography	Klaus von Rautenfeld
Edited by	Ira Oberberg
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production companies	Occident Film Produktion Trans-Rhein Film
Distributed by	Hamburg-Film Ring-Film
Release date	6 November 1953 (1953-11-06)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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In 1945 following the Battle of Berlin, a Red Army officer is able to protect a young German woman he finds living in a cellar. Several years later he returns to the city as a civilian, finds her again and makes plans to flee from East to West Germany under the noses of the KGB.