No Turning Back (film)

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. It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Alba De Cespedes. 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

 * Elisa Cegani as Silvia Custo
 * Valentina Cortese as Valentina
 * Maria Denis as 	Anna Bortone
 * Doris Duranti as 	Emanuela Andari
 * Mariella Lotti as 	Xenia Costantini
 * María Mercader as 	Vinca
 * Dina Sassoli as 	Milly
 * Vittorio De Sica as 	Maurizio
 * Annibale Betrone as 	Il padre di Emanuela
 * Elvira Betrone as 	La madre superiora
 * Anna Capodaglio as 	Signorina Prudenzina
 * Alberto Capozzi as 	Raimondo Horsch
 * Ada Dondini as 	Signorina Lorenza
 * Mino Doro as 	Dino Rizzi
 * Giuseppina Fiore as 	Stefania
 * Adele Garavaglia as 	La direttrice dell'istituto Grimaldi
 * Nicola Maldacea as 	Il parroco
 * Gilda Marchiò as 	Donna Ines
 * Lamberto Picasso as 	Il rettore
 * Giuditta Rissone as 	Dora Belluzzi
 * Checco Rissone as 	Ignazio
 * Ernesto Sabbatini as 	Monsignor Tommasi
 * Bella Starace Sainati as 	Donna Antonia Bortone - nonna di Anna
 * Filippo Scelzo as 	Guido Belluzzi
 * Giovanna Scotto as 	Donna Matilde Bortone - madre di Anna
 * Adriana Sivieri as 	Pilar
 * Edda Soligo as 	Vandina
 * Alberto Tavazzi as 	Ramiro
 * Enzo Fiermonte as 	Mario Ponte
 * Claudio Gora as 	Andrea
 * Roldano Lupi as 	Luis
 * Virgilio Riento as 	Don Alfonso Bortone - padre di Anna