Horst Fantazzini (4 March 1939, Altenkessel, Saarland, German Reich – 24 December 2001, Bologna, Italy)[1] was an Italian-German individualist anarchist[2] who pursued an illegalist lifestyle and practice.
[3] In 1999 the film Outlaw appeared based on his life[4] Horst was born in Altenkessel in the Saar region of Germany on 4 March 1939.
His father was Alfonso "Libero" Fantazzini, a Bolognese anarchist partisan and bricklayer, and his mother Bertha Heinz, a factory worker.
In order to provide a decent standard of living for his young family, he carried out his first robbery with a toy pistol at the Corticella post office.
He lived in a luxury villa in Mannheim with his young partner... a refined dandy, the height of elegance, driving sports cars, hopping between France, Germany and Italy acquiring millions which he carried around with him on his first-class air flights.
A film called Outlaw, directed by Enzo Monteleone appeared inspired by Horst's book.