Hannibal (1959) Annibale (original title)

Directors:

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Edgar G. Ulmer

Writers:

Mortimer Braus (writer)
Sandro Continenza
(more)

Release Date:

18 June 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

Jump on! Hang on! Here comes the avenging Hannibal and his crazed elephant army!

Plot:

After making his historic crossing of the Alps with elephants transporting supplies and troops, Hannibal marches on Rome in a war of revenge...

Plot Keywords:

Ancient Rome | Peplum | Historical Event | 3rd Century B.c. | Character Name In Title

Cast

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
Mario Pisu
Franco Dominici	...	Minitius
Enzo Fiermonte	...	Announcer in Senate
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrea Esterhazy	...	Slave
Piero Tiberi	...	Hannibal's Son
Bruno Arié	...	Wrestler (uncredited)
Nello Pazzafini	...	Wrestler - Last Winner (uncredited)

Directed by
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Edgar G. Ulmer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mortimer Braus		writer
Sandro Continenza		(as Allesandro Continenza)
Ottavio Poggi		story
Edgar G. Ulmer		writer

Produced by
Ottavio Poggi	....	producer

Original Music by
Carlo Rustichelli

Cinematography by
Raffaele Masciocchi

Film Editing by
Renato Cinquini

Art Direction by
Ernest Kromberg

Set Decoration by
Carlo Gentili

Costume Design by
Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni

Makeup Department
Mirella Ginnoto	....	makeup artist (as Mirella Gonnoto)

Production Management
Nino Battiferri	....	production manager
Lucio Bompani	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nino Zanchin	....	assistant director

Art Department
Amedeo Mellone	....	set designer

Sound Department
Raffaele Del Monte	....	sound
Franco Groppioni	....	sound

Special Effects by
Anacleto Giustini	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Marcello Masciocchi	....	camera operator

Music Department
Franco Ferrara	....	musical director

Other crew
Shirley Ulmer	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Liber Film

Distributors

• UFA-Filmverleih GmbH (1960) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros (1960) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Easy Video (Italy) (VHS)
• Korporatsiya Arena (Russia) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment  soundtrack

Also Known As:

"Annibale" - Italy (original title)

Runtime:

USA:103 min | Italy:95 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Sound)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Portugal:M/12 | West Germany:12 (nf) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Avala Studios, Belgrade, Serbia

Company:

Liber Film

A modest version of Annibale's life

This material is difficult to see, the photography and color are not the best, and from time to time you see cut scenes. Poor Annibale that Hollywood never wanted to make a film about a real revolutionary and hero. This Italian film tries to give an idea of what Annibale did, but it might have a lot of invention. For example, I am not sure about his love for a woman called Sylvia, who was the nephew of Fabius. Annibale (Victor Mature) was famous because of using elephants in his battles. The animals are seen at the beginning of the film when Annibale and the troops were coming to Italy through very snowy roads in France, but at the time of the battles the elephants were not seen anymore. The force of antique Rome is once again shown here, the Romans were defeated at the beginning by the Annibale's troops, but once they got united in the Senate and all power was given to Fabius, Annibale started to loose.

This film is perhaps one of the first one of the then young Terence Hill. In addition, Victor Mature showed once again that he was probably the best actor in epic films. In my personal opinion, he was much better than Charlton Heston. The film can be seen, but one may need to read the history to know what was real or not.