Flashback | |
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Directed by | Raffaele Andreassi |
Written by |
Raffaele Andreassi Maurizio Barendson Callisto Cosulich Nelo Risi |
Produced by | Franco Clementi |
Starring | Fred Robsahm |
Cinematography | Raffaele Andreassi |
Music by | Bruno Nicolai |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Flashback is a 1969 Italian drama film directed by Raffaele Andreassi. The film received many awards; Globo d'oro, Grolla Silver premium (Saint Vincent), Award of Tourism & Entertainment and Silverstar Festival San Francisco. [1] It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Palm. [2] [3] At the festival the film received standing ovations. [4]
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.