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Scott Andrew Hutchins <[log in to unmask]>
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_The Cold Room_ (James Dearden, 1984) springs immediately to mind.  Unfortunately, it's only available as a Digiview Double Feature with no chapter breaks.  Amanda Pays plays a character who visits East Germany with her father (played by George Segal), and travels back in time, becoming another girl who gets raped by her father and leaves a meesage on the wall of a cold room in the same place where she is staying in the present.

The film is probably best known for featuring Michael Nyman's second feature film score, and a very low-key one at that.

Scott

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---- Joshua Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
> I am looking for stories that, like the 2 mentioned above, involve a 
> character who travels backwards in time and becomes another character, then 
> returns to the present and his or her original identity.  While I am 
> particularly interested in stories with other elements in common with these 
> 2 (i.e. in the past, the character endures historical trauma), I welcome any 
> and all examples.  All media (film/TV/literature...) are welcome.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Joshua Hirsch
> 
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