Flashback is a 1969

1969 in film

The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980...

 Italian

Cinema of Italy

The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Raffaele Andreassi

Raffaele Andreassi

Raffaele Andreassi was an Italian film director most known for his movie Flashback from 1969. The movie is about a soldier in the World War II and received many awards. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Golden Palm...

. The film received many awards; Golden Globe's Foreign Press, Grolla Silver premium (Saint Vincent), Award of Tourism & Entertainment and Silverstar Festival San Francisco. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival

1969 Cannes Film Festival

The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 8 - 23, 1969. At this festival a new non-competitive section called "Directors' Fortnight" is added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.-Jury:*Luchino Visconti...

 and was nominated for the Golden Palm. At the festival the film received standing ovation

Standing ovation

A standing ovation is a form of applause where members of a seated audience stand up while applauding after extraordinary performances of particularly high acclaim...

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Plot

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 Robsahm
  Fred Otto Robsahm is a Norwegian film actor. He worked on many Italian spaghetti westerns in the 1960s and 70s. He was married to Italian film diva Agostina Belli for 15 years. The story of Robsahm's life was told by Even Benestad in the documentary "Natural Born Star", which premiered in 2007...
  
  
• Pilar Castel
• Dada Gallotti
  Dada Gallotti
  Dada Gallotti is an Italian actress.Gallotti was a busy actress from the 1960s to the mid-1970s. She played in numerous films in different genres. Then her film career rapidly came to an end, like for so many of her female colleagues after the age of 40.-External links:*...
  
  
• Sandra Dal Sasso
• Gianni Cavina
  Gianni Cavina
  Gianni Cavina is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in over 45 films since 1949.He was born in Bologna, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Flashback * The House with Laughing Windows * The Big Operator...
  
  
• Antonietta Fiorito
• 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