Flashback is a 1969 Italian

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directed by

Raffaele Andreassi Raffaele Andreassi ( L'Aquila, 2 August 1924 - 20 November 2008) was an Italian film director most known for his movie Flashback from 1969. The movie is about a soldier in World War II and received many awards. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes ...

. The film received many awards;

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, Grolla Silver premium (Saint Vincent), Award of Tourism & Entertainment and Silverstar Festival San Francisco. It was entered into the

1969 Cannes Film Festival The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 23 May 1969. At this festival a new non-competitive section called Directors' Fortnight was added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival. The Grand Prix du Festival International d ...

and was nominated for the

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. At the festival the film received

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Plot

In September 1944, Heinz Prulier (Fred Robsahm) is a German soldier stationed as a sniper overlooking his own army from a tree. When he falls asleep, his troops are gone and he is left alone to defend the incoming enemy invasion. Flashbacks recall his wartime experiences and his transition from a human being into a sadistic murderer and rapist. He encounters a prostitute and a giggling girl in this violent feature that reveals the deterioration of human values in the face of the grim realities of war.

Cast

Fred Robsahm Fred Otto Robsahm (29 June 1943 – 26 March 2015) was a Norwegian film actor. He worked on a few Italian Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and 1970s. He was married to Italian film actress Agostina Belli for 15 years. The story of Robsahm's life w ...

* Pilar Castel *

Dada Gallotti Dada Gallotti (born 8 April 1935) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan as Alda Gallotti, she was one of the most active character actresses in the 1960s and 1970s. She appeared in several Spaghetti Western films under the pseudonym Diana Garso ...

* Sandra Dal Sasso *

Gianni Cavina Gianni Cavina (9 December 1940 – 26 March 2022) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films from 1968 to 2022. Born in Bologna, Cavina trained as a stage actor at the Teatro Stabile di Bologna, under the direction of Franco ...

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* Pietro Bonfiglioli * Gabriele Fornacioni * Vittorio Gobbi

Awards

* Golden Globe's Foreign Press * Grolla Silver premium (St. Vincent) * Award of Tourism and Entertainment * Silverstar Festival San Francisco

References

External links

* 1969 films 1969 drama films Films set in 1944 Italian drama films 1960s Italian-language films Films scored by Bruno Nicolai Italian World War II films Films about Nazi Germany 1960s Italian films {{1960s-drama-film-stub