No Return

No Return is a 1973 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksei Saltykov. Plot The love story of Antonina and the battalion commander Nikitin, whom she sheltered after being seriously wounded. They want to expel Antonina Kashirina from the party, accusing that during the war the Don Cossack woman lived in the territory occupied by the Germans. They do not believe her that she hid and left the wounded Soviet officer. Unable to withstand offensive suspicions, she leaves the party committee bureau. On the way home, Tonya recalls how she picked up a bleeding artilleryman battalion commander Nikitin, covered him and treated him, how she fell in love. Cast Nonna Mordyukova as Antonina Kashirina Vladislav Dvorzhetsky as Nikolay Yakovlevich Nikitin Olga Prokhorova as Irina Alekseyevna Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. as Grigory, Antonina's son Tatyana Samoylova as Nastyura Shevtsova Boris Kudryavtsev as Pavel Ivanovich Neverov Aleksey Batalov as Aleksey Vladimirovich Yegorov Nina Menshikova as Antonina Ivanovna Korotkova Vilnis Bekeris as German corporal Alexey Borzunov as Konstantin Sukharev