Hannibal Rising

Year:

2007

Duration:

121 min | 131 min (unrated version)

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Peter Webber

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2007-02-09

Filming Locations: Brno, Czech Republic

Earnings

Budget: $50,000,000

Opening Weekend: $13,051,650 (USA) (11 February 2007)

Gross: $27,667,947 (USA) (6 May 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Elsa Mollien

Aaran Thomas

Hannibal 8yrs

Gaspard Ulliel

Hannibal Lecter

Li Gong

Lady Murasaki

Helena-Lia Tachovská

Mischa Lecter

Richard Leaf

Father Lecter

Dominic West

Inspector Popil

Rhys Ifans

Vladis Grutas

Michelle 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

Timothy Walker

SS Major

Goran Kostic

Kazys 'Pot Watcher' Porvik

Charles Maquignon

Paul The Butcher

Denis Ménochet

Chief of Police

Radek Bruna

Radio Operator

Ota Filip

Lecter Cook

Vaclav Pacal

German Sergeant (as Václav Pácal)

Seon Rogers

Tank Commander

Jaroslav Psenicka

Tank Crewman

Pavel Kratky

Tank Crewman

Petr Hnetkovský

Tank Crewman (as Petr Hnetkovsky)

Toby Alexander

Monitor

Ladislav Hampl

Monitor

Joe Sheridan

Headmaster

Dominique Bettenfeld

Chef

Jos Houben

Serge

Nancy Bishop

Marielle

Zdenek Dvoracek

Butcher Brother

Mirek Navratil

Butcher Brother (as Miroslav Navratil)

Vladimír Kulhavý

Vegetable Dealer

Jan Nemejovský

Mortician

Václav Chalupa

Mortician's Assistant

Martin Hancock

Polygraph Operator

Tomás Palatý

Popil's Assistant

Matthew Blood-Smyth

First Policeman

Jaroslav Vízner

Onlooker

Hugh Ross

Professor Dumas

Linda Svobodová

Female Student (as Linda Svobodova)

Paul Ritter

Prisoner Louis

Robert Russell

Prison Doctor

Ivo Novák

Russian Soldier

Dalibor Pavelka

Russian Soldier

Todd Kramer

Desk Officer

John Early

Drunken Man

Dmitrij Matus

Dorlich's Desk Sergeant

Brian Caspe

Sneaky Officer

Vitezslav Bouchner

Headwaiter

Beata Ben Ammar

Astrid Kolnas

Robbie Kay

Kolnas's Son (as Robert Kay)

Vanesa Novakova

Kolnas's Daughter

Marek Vasut

Captain

Milos Kulhavy

Tattooed Thug

Pavel Bezdek

Dieter

Veronika Bellová

First Woman Captive

Marko Igonda

Mueller

Lana Likic

Maid

Petra Lustigová

Eva (as Petra Lustigova)

Michal Havelka

Second Policeman

Jiri Subrt

Hercule

Did you know?

Trivia

Peter Webber wanted Mikael Persbrandt for the role of the soldier who eats Hannibal Lecter's little sister, but Persbrandt had at that time already signed on for another film, and was busy with a play in Sweden.

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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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Thomas Newman was considered as a possible composer for this film.

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Goofs

When Hannibal makes his first kill, you see in a far off shot that he walks several steps from his victim. In the next shot, he spins and chops off the guys head and is suddenly relatively close to the victim.

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Coming back to Lithuania, on his way from Paris (France) to Kaunas (Lithuania), Hannibal has his documents checked in Medininkai, so it must be a border town in western Lithuania. In reality Medininkai is in eastern part of Lithuania on the Lithuanian - Belarusian border. And as far as both countries were former Soviet Republics, Medininkai was not a frontier post at all.

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The French police is very unlikely to have used any polygraphs in the mid 1950s, particularly for 'normal' crimes like murder.

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Quotes

Hannibal Lecter: Do you remember "Das männlein im walde", Herr Dortlich? Mischa loved that song. Let's sing for Mischa!

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Petras Kolnas: What did I ever do to you?

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Hannibal Lecter: [polite] Herr Dortlich. On behalf of myself and my late family, I thank you for coming.

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Faq

Q

What are the differences between the theatrical version and the unrated version?

A

The trip to the youth of cannibal Hannibal Lecter got, like many movies nowadays, an Unrated version. In this version a special focus was set to Hannibal's antagonists, also some alternative camera-angles and a new violence-scene have been added. Those, who already liked Hannibal Rising at the movie theaters, should be quite interested in the Unrated version. A detailed comparison between the theatrical version and the unrated version can be found here.

Q

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

A

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Hannibal Rising can be found here.

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Is 'Hannibal Rising' based on a book?

A

Hannibal Rising is the fourth film in the Hannibal Lecter series, preceded by The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2001), and Red Dragon (2002), all of which are based on novels by Thomas Harris and three of which star Anthony Hopkins as criminal genius Hannibal Lector. Hannibal Rising is based on Harris' latest novel (2006) bearing the same title. Harris himself adapted his novel for the screenplay.

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