No Path Through Fire

No Path Through Fire (Russian: В огне брода нет, romanized: V ogne broda net) is a 1968 Soviet war film directed by Gleb Panfilov. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.^[1][2]

No Path Through Fire
Film poster
Directed by	Gleb Panfilov
Written by	Gleb Panfilov Yevgeni Gabrilovich
Produced by	Nikolay Neelov
Starring	Inna Churikova Anatoly Solonitsyn Mikhail Gluzsky Maya Bulgakova Mikhail Kononov
Cinematography	Dmitri Dolinin
Edited by	Lyudmila Obrazumova
Music by	Vadim Bibergan
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	1 June 1968 (1968-06-01)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

The film is set during the Russian Civil War 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 as Tanya Tyotkina
• Anatoly Solonitsyn as Commissar Yevstryukov
• Mikhail Gluzsky as Fokich
• Maya Bulgakova as Maria
• Anatoli Marenich as Morozik
• Vladimir Kashpur as Kolka
• Yevgeni Lebedev as Colonel
• Mikhail Kononov as Alyosha
• Vadim Beroev as Vasya
• Mikhail Kokshenov as Zotik
• Lyubov Malinovskaya as Mother

Production

The film was shot at the station Bezlesnaya near Murom (Vladimir Oblast).^[3]