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Hannibal

Original title: Annibale
  • 1959
  • 1h 43m
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5.2/10
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Hannibal (1959)
During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps with his vast army.
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During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps with his vast army.During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps with his vast army.During the Second Punic War in 218 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal attacks the Roman Republic by crossing the Pyrenees and the Alps with his vast army.

  • Directors
    • Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
    • Edgar G. Ulmer
  • Writers
    • Mortimer Braus
    • Sandro Continenza
    • Ottavio Poggi
  • Stars
    • Victor Mature
    • Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Rita Gam
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    1K
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    • Directors
      • Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
      • Edgar G. Ulmer
    • Writers
      • Mortimer Braus
      • Sandro Continenza
      • Ottavio Poggi
    • Stars
      • Victor Mature
      • Gabriele Ferzetti
      • Rita Gam
    • 28User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Victor Mature
    Victor Mature
    • Hannibal
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    Gabriele Ferzetti
    • Fabius Maximus
    Rita Gam
    Rita Gam
    • Sylvia
    Milly Vitale
    Milly Vitale
    • Danila
    Rik Battaglia
    Rik Battaglia
    • Hasdrubal
    Franco Silva
    Franco Silva
    • Maharbal
    Terence Hill
    Terence Hill
    • Quintilius
    • (as Mario Girotti)
    Mirko Ellis
    • Mago
    Andrea Aureli
    Andrea Aureli
    • Gajus Terentius Varro
    Andrea Fantasia
    • Konsul Paulus Emilius
    Renzo Cesana
    Renzo Cesana
      Bud Spencer
      Bud Spencer
      • Rutario
      • (as Carlo Pedersoli)
      Pina Bottin
      Remo De Angelis
      Remo De Angelis
      Piero Mitri
      Mario Pisu
      Franco Dominici
      • Minitius
      Enzo Fiermonte
      Enzo Fiermonte
      • Announcer in Senate
      • Directors
        • Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
        • Edgar G. Ulmer
      • Writers
        • Mortimer Braus
        • Sandro Continenza
        • Ottavio Poggi
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      • Trivia
        The first film to co-star Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, and the only one where they are not the stars of the film. In fact they share no scenes and didn't actually meet until 8 years later.
      • Goofs
        Towards the start of the film there is a panoramic shot of Rome. This shot includes many familiar buildings such as the Colosseum, which was not built until some 300 years after the events of the film.
      • Alternate versions
        There were two different cuts of this movie in existence at the time of release. The version released originally in Italy and subsequently in Germany and maybe other non English speaking European countries had a running time of 95 minutes. The US release version is given with 103 minutes. The BBFC lists a submitted running time of 104m 40s.
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      6/10
      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.
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      • Sep 7, 2003

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      • Release date
        • June 18, 1960 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • Italy
      • Language
        • Italian
      • Also known as
        • Anibal
      • Filming locations
        • Avala Studios, Belgrade, Serbia
      • Production company
        • Liber Film
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      • Budget
        • $4,000,000 (estimated)
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 43 minutes
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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