Hannibal (1959)

Movie
German title	Hannibal
Original title	Annibale
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1959
length	95 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Edgar G. Ulmer
script	Sandro Continenza
production	Ottavio Poggi
music	Carlo Rustichelli
camera	Raffaele Masciocchi
cut	Renato Cinquini
occupation
Victor Mature : Hannibal Rita Gam : Sylvia Gabriele Ferzetti : Fabius Maximus Milly Vitale : Danila Rik Battaglia : Hasdrubal Franco Silva : Maarbal Mario Girotti : Quintilius Andrea Aureli : Varro Mirko Ellis : Mago Carlo Pedersoli : Brutario

Hannibal (Original title: Annibale ) is an Italian sandal film from 1959.

There were two different versions of the film. The original version, which premiered in Italy on December 21, 1959 and was also released in German-speaking cinemas in 1960, is 95 minutes long. A version with a length of 103 minutes was published on the US market in June 1960.

action

Hannibal , the great Carthaginian general, crossed the Alps with his warriors to attack Rome . In order to unsettle the Romans, Hannibal takes Sylvia, the daughter of a senator, prisoner. Hannibal shows her his army and releases them in the hope that she will tell the Romans about it and that they will be intimidated by it. However, Sylvia does not fulfill her mission: she has fallen in love with Hannibal and is returning to him. Both are caught by a Roman patrol, Hannibal escapes, but Sylvia is captured and banished. Hannibal frees them and moves with his army against Rome in order to overwhelm the Romans. Suddenly Hannibal's real wife appears and Sylvia flees to Rome, where she is arrested and sentenced to death.

background

Hannibal is the first film in which both Bud Spencer (Carlo Pedersoli) and Terence Hill (Mario Girotti) - each still using their real names, the English pseudonyms were first created in 1967 when God forgives ... Django never! - played. Pedersoli only has a minor role as tribal leader Brutario, who negotiates with Hannibal about the passage through his lands and its price, and is barely recognizable under the extensive costumes.

Reviews

"An adventurous, painterly picture arc, laid out as an elaborate, but disarmingly naive show painting."

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

• Hannibal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Comparison of the cut versions German version - Greek VHS by Hannibal at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hannibal. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .