Hannibal Rising (2007)

Director:

Peter Webber

Writers (WGA):

Thomas Harris (screenplay)
Thomas Harris (novel)

Release Date:

9 February 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

It Started With Revenge

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Hannibal Lecter | Aunt | Lithuania | Revenge | War Criminal

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

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	...	Kolnas
Joerg Stadler	...	Berndt
Stephen Walters	...	Zigmas Milko
Ivan Marevich	...	Bronys Grentz

Also Known As:

Hannibal - Zrození (Czech Republic)
Hannibal 4 (USA) (working title)
Hannibal Lecter - Le origini del male (Italy)
Hannibal Lecter - Les origines du mal (France)
The Lecter Variation: The Story of Young Hannibal Lecter (USA) (working title)
The Lecter Variations (USA) (working title)
Young Hannibal (USA) (working title)
Young Hannibal: Behind the Mask (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

121 min | 131 min (unrated version)

Country:

UK | Czech Republic | France | Italy

Language:

English | German | Russian

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | Ireland:18 | Australia:MA | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Finland:K-15 | UK:18 | France:-12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:R18 | Germany:18 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Malaysia:18PL | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | Japan:R-15 | Brazil:16 | Argentina:18 | Sweden:15 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Young Hannibal Productions

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.

Goofs:

Factual errors: There is no Polish name Misha for a girl. It's a diminutive Russian boy name (Mikhail).

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.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HypaSpace: (#6.25)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Ein Männlein Steht Im Walde

people are stupid ...

every time I give people the benefit of the doubt ... they go ans screw it up by saying something stupid. when I went to see 'Hannibal Rising' those around me in the theater were no different.

"I thought this was supposed to be about that Hannibal Lecter dude." this is the kind of crap I heard around me, and of course I turned and 'shushed' them ... but come on ... what did you expect people? this movie is about how Hannibal got STARTED, there is no Anthony Hopkins, no other serial killers, NOTHING that makes it like the other 3 movies (yes I know there are 4 but I don't want to see Brian Cox as Lecter) so why would you go in and expect it to be like them. it is a story, not a copy of the other 3 movies ... so seriously, if you are going to go see this movie, expect a good story, some pretty good acting from most of the people involved, a few bloody scenes, and a very disturbing beginning to the life of Lecter.

if you go in expecting anything else, you are just wasting your time.