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18 June 1960 (USA)
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Jump on! Hang on! Here comes the avenging Hannibal and his crazed elephant army! more
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After making his historic crossing of the Alps with elephants transporting supplies and troops, Hannibal marches on Rome in a war of revenge...
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Unsophisticated and awkward
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Victor Mature | ... | Hannibal | |
| Gabriele Ferzetti | ... | Fabius Maximus | |
| Rita Gam | ... | Sylvia | |
| Milly Vitale | ... | Danila | |
| Rik Battaglia | ... | Hasdrubal | |
| Franco Silva | ... | Maharbal | |
| Terence Hill | ... | Quintilius (as Mario Girotti) | |
| Mirko Ellis | ... | Mago | |
| Andrea Aureli | ... | Gajus Terentius Varro | |
| Andrea Fantasia | ... | Konsul Paulus Emilius | |
| Renzo Cesana | (as Renato Cesana) | ||
| Bud Spencer | ... | Rutario (as Carlo Pedersoli) | |
| Pina Bottin | |||
| Remo De Angelis | |||
| Piero Mitri |
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Hannibal (USA)
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USA:103 min | Italy:95 min
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I like Victor MATURE and would even go as far as to call myself a "fan" of this Arnold Schwarzenegger-predecessor/archetype (with Austrian roots actually), but even I have to admit, that this flick ain't any of his better ones, unfortunately (sigh).
It's awkward from beginning to end: The first scene takes place in the Roman Senate, then you have a long one with the elephants crossing the Alps (that's probably the best of the whole picture, actually you can now turn off your TV-set) and now we're already well over 5 minutes into the picture, still no Hannibal/Annibale. Suddenly one sees some elephants getting loose and a guy which we can identify on second look as Victor Mature does some awkward gestures to get the elephants away. Pretty strange entry for "the hero". Only in scene number 4 and well 10 minutes into the movie someone takes the chance to identify our hero and calls him with his name. OK, the introduction of "the hero" has been managed, somehow.
The ending is equally abrupt, we see Hannibal's army moving along and get a voice over. Obvioulsly the directors (Edgar G. Ulmer usually does it better, but I assume he didn't have much to say in this one) had decided that enough celluloid had been "wasted" and called it a day.
The dialog is so unsophisticated, it hurts, but still not unintentionally funny, only hammy and boring, witless.
Everything in this picture is unfortunately mediocre to sub-par: ahead and foremost the script, but also acting (Victor is certainly also already too old for the role, sorry), photography, whatever. Only the music by Carlo RUSTICHELLI is slightly better, of course he's no Miklos ROSZA either, but at least the music is fitting and powerful. But that does not justify sitting through the whole picture (enjoy the main theme and quit).
For Terence HILL Fans it is worth mentioning that Mario GIROTTI, later known as TH, has a medium large part here and you can watch him "acting" (woodenly, but so what) a Roman.
So my rating is: If you are a Victor Mature fan: 4 out of 10, if you are a Terence Hill fan: 3 out of 10, if you're neither nor: 2 out of 10, so better stay away.
I wish I could have written a better review. :-(