''No Path Through Fire'' () is a 1968 Soviet

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

directed by

Gleb Panfilov Gleb Anatolyevich Panfilov (; 21 May 1934 – 26 August 2023) was a Russian film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wife, Inna Churikova. Biography In the 1980s Panfilov, a chemist by profession, moved to thea ...

. The film won the

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at the

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Plot

The film is set during the

Russian Civil War The Russian Civil War () was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. I ...

on a hospital train which is transporting the wounded from the front. A homely and awkward girl, Tanya Tyotkina, who is working as a nurse on the train, suddenly discovers the talent of an artist in herself. In this journey she finds her first timid love and transfers her clandestine feelings to paper. She is faced with a choice - to abandon her comrade, or to give her young life for the revolution.

Cast

Inna Churikova Inna Mikhailovna Churikova (5 October 194314 January 2023) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. Biography Churikova was born in Belebey, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In the early 1950s, Inna moved with her mother to ...

as Tanya Tyotkina *

Anatoly Solonitsyn Anatoly (Otto) Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (; 30 August 1934 – 11 June 1982) was a Soviet actor known for his roles in Andrei Tarkovsky's films. He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. Film career S ...

as Commissar Yevstryukov *

Mikhail Gluzsky Mikhail Andreyevich Gluzsky (June 15, 2001) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He starred in the 1972 film, ''Monologue (film), Monologue'', which was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. An actor in more than 130 films bet ...

as Fokich *

Maya Bulgakova Maya Grigoryevna Bulgakova (; 19 May 19327 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She was one of the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1976). Biography Bulgakova was born on 19 May 1932 in the village of Buky (now Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine). In ...

as Maria *

Anatoli Marenich Anatoli () is a town and a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ioannina Ioannina ( ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the c ...

as Morozik *

Vladimir Kashpur Vladimir Terentyevich Kashpur (; October 26, 1926 – October 17, 2009) was a Russian and Soviet actor. A native of Severka, Altai Krai, Kashpur appeared in '' Ballad of a Soldier'' and about 115 other films, with roles ranging from Vladimi ...

as Kolka *

Yevgeni Lebedev Yevgeni Alekseyevich Lebedev ( rus, Евгeний Алeксeeвич Лeбeдeв, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf; January 15, 1917, Balakovo – June 9, 1997, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian actor and ...

as Colonel *

Mikhail Kononov Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov (; 25 April 1940 – 16 July 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of Russia (1999). Biography He first appeared on stage at school. In 1963, Mikhail Kononov graduated from the Shchepkin Drama School a ...

as Alyosha * Vadim Beroev as Vasya *

Mikhail Kokshenov Mikhail Mikhailovich Kokshenov (16 September 1936, Moscow – 4 June 2020, Krasnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of Russia (2002). Biography Mikhail Kokshenov wa ...

as Zotik *

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as Mother

Production

The film was shot at the station Bezlesnaya near

Murom Murom (, ) is a historical types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, which sprawls along the west bank of the Oka River. It borders Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and is situated from the administrative center Vladimir, ...

(

Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Vladimir, which is located east of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, the oblast's population was 1,443,693. The UNESCO World Heritage L ...

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at the

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References

External links

* 1968 films 1968 drama films 1960s war drama films 1960s Russian-language films Russian Civil War films Golden Leopard winners Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Gleb Panfilov Soviet war drama films Lenfilm films 1960s Soviet films Russian-language war drama films {{war-drama-film-stub