Hannibal Rising (2007)

After the death of his parents during World War II, young Hannibal Lecter moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister's death.

Director:

Peter Webber

Writers:

Thomas Harris (screenplay), Thomas Harris (novel)

Stars:

Aaran Thomas, Gaspard Ulliel, Li Gong

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aaran Thomas	...	Hannibal 8yrs
Gaspard Ulliel	...	Hannibal Lecter
Li Gong	...	Lady Murasaki (as Gong Li)
Helena-Lia Tachovská	...	Mischa Lecter
Richard Leaf	...	Father Lecter
Dominic West	...	Inspector Popil
Rhys Ifans	...	Vladis Grutas
Michele Wade	...	Nanny
Richard Brake	...	Enrikas Dortlich
Martin Hub	...	Lothar
Ingeborga Dapkunaite	...	Mother Lecter
Kevin McKidd	...	Petras Kolnas
Joerg Stadler	...	Berndt
Stephen Walters	...	Zigmas Milko
Ivan Marevich	...	Bronys Grentz

Storyline

Mischa and Hannibal, baby brother and sister, are inseparable; it is their love for each other that ties their bond. Their companionship is forever binding, until, with their family, while hiding from the Nazi war machine a twisted set of circumstance sets the pace for a most vicious attack on the future of one Hannibal Lecter for the sworn vengeance for the brutal killing of his baby sister. Years later, we find Hannibal, the teenager, setting up in Paris, and living with his aunt Lady Murasaki Shikibu and studying at medical school here he finds his forte. Still searching for his sister's murderers, still bitter and still ever hopeful of satisfying his desire for retribution. This chance arrives, and soon we are to learn that for a pound of flesh lost a pound of flesh must be repaid. This is the horrific tale of justice and honor, a young man's growing pains that will have the guilty paying with more than just flesh and bone. This is the up and rising tale of the young Hannibal, ...

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Plot Keywords:

aunt | lithuania | honor | castle | prequel | 

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Taglines:

Wie alles begann (How everything began)

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong grisly violent content and some language/sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [de] Official site [fr]

Country:

UK Czech Republic France Italy

Language:

English German Russian

Release Date:

9 February 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hannibal 4

Filming Locations:

France

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,044,033 (UK) (9 February 2007)

Gross:

$27,667,947 (USA) (4 May 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Young Hannibal Productions, Carthago Films S.a.r.l., Dino De Laurentiis Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min 131 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actors screen tested for the role of Hannibal include: Hayden Christensen, Macaulay Culkin, Hugh Dancy, Rupert Friend, Dominic Cooper,Tom Sturridge, and Tom Payne.

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Goofs

The foliage shown around the village of Melville at the end of the movie is not found on the Saskatchewan prairie.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Hannibal 8yrs: Hide quickly! Run away! Quick! This way! Quickly! Down to the lake.
[giggling, drawing on dock]
Hannibal 8yrs: M... for Mischa.

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Connections

Featured in HypaSpace: Episode #6.25 (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Prelude in A Minor BWV 543"
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Public Domain
Performed by Byron Janis
Transcribed by Franz Liszt
Licensed by kind permission Naxos Rights International Limited & (p) SONY BMG Music Entertainment Inc.
Licensed courtesy of SONY BMG Commercial Markets (UK)

User Reviews

Not the best but well worthy of the Saga

I went and seen Hannibal Rising last night and have to say that even though it was not as good as the novel i still highly recommend this movie, the acting is pretty good given they are not your high profile Hollywood stars and Gaspard Ulliel play a wonderful Hannibal Lecter.

The scenery is beautiful, the war scenes are very well shot and the acting throughout the movie is well above what i expected especially from the little known french actor playing the famous cannibal.

Don't go see this movie expecting a similar style of film like the others in the Saga, just go and enjoy the movie and marvel as you see what sort of monster a human being is capable of becoming.

Overall i think the movie holds enough of its own to be a very worthy addition to the "Hannibal" franchise.

Fans of the book will probably find the movie more absorbing than those who haven't read it. But do yourself a favour and read the book before seeing the movie as its vital to really get a good understanding of whats going on and the story behind it.

Would also like to add that the music and score for the movie is first class and almost gives it a "dream like" feel to it