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Hannibal Rising
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Hannibal Rising is a 2007 horror, thriller, drama and crime film centred on a serial killer, directed by Peter Webber and written by Thomas Harris, based on his own novel of the same name. A co-production of France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Italy, it was filmed in the Czech Republic and Prague, and set partly in Paris, Lithuania and Melville. The cast includes Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans and Dominic West, with Ben Davis as director of photography, Pietro Scalia as editor and Ilan Eshkeri as composer. Produced by Tarak Ben Ammar and Dino and Martha De Laurentiis through Quinta Communications, Ingenious Media and Zephyr Films, the film was released on 6 February 2007 with a budget of 75,000,000 dollars, earning 82,169,884 dollars at the box office, and ran 121 minutes.
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6.3The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.
Cast
- Gaspard Ulliel as Hannibal Lecter
- Aaran Thomas as Hannibal Lecter (young)
- Gong Li as Lady Murasaki
- Dominic West as Inspector Popil
- Rhys Ifans as Vladis Grutas
- Richard Brake as Enrikas Dortlich
Themes
- mask
- based on novel or book
- winter
- psychopath
- world war ii
- lithuania
- revenge
- decapitation
- psychological thriller
- strangulation
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Peter Webber
- Screenplay by
- Thomas Harris
- Based on
- Hannibal Rising , by Thomas Harris
- Produced by
- Dino De Laurentiis Martha De Laurentiis Tarak Ben Ammar
- Starring
- Gaspard Ulliel Gong Li Rhys Ifans Dominic West
- Cinematography
- Ben Davis
- Edited by
- Pietro Scalia Valerio Bonelli
- Music by
- Ilan Eshkeri Shigeru Umebayashi
- Production companies
- Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica Dino De Laurentiis Company Carthago Films Zephyr Films Etic Films
- Distributed by
- Filmauro (Italy) Quinta Communications (France) Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom) SPI International (Czech Republic) The Weinstein Company , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (United States)
- Release dates
- 7 February 2007 ( 2007-02-07 ) (France) 9 February 2007 ( 2007-02-09 ) (Italy, United States and United Kingdom) 22 February 2007 ( 2007-02-22 ) (Czech Republic)
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Countries
- Italy United Kingdom Czech Republic France United States
- Languages
- English German Russian
- Budget
- $75 million
- Box office
- $82.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- Czech Republic
- Original language
- English language
- Follows
- Hannibal
- Based on
- Hannibal Rising
- Main subject
- serial killer
- Director
- Peter Webber
- Screenwriter
- Thomas Harris
- Composer
- Ilan Eshkeri
- Producer
- Martha De Laurentiis
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Ben Davis
- Narrative location
- Melville
- Filming location
- Czech Republic
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 472764
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.hannibalrising.com
Show 10 more facts
- publication date
- 2007-02-16
- title
- Hannibal Rising
- production designer
- Judy Farr
- after a work by
- Thomas Harris
- costume designer
- Anna B. Sheppard
- executive producer
- Aurelio De Laurentiis
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- castle
- review score
- 35/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Hannibal Rising is a 2007 psychological horror thriller film and the fifth film of the Hannibal Lecter franchise. It is a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2001), and Red Dragon (2002). The film is an adaptation of Thomas Harris' 2006 novel of the same name and tells the story of Lecter's evolution from a vengeful Nazi hunter into a cannibalistic serial killer.
The film was directed by Peter Webber from a screenplay by Harris, and stars Gaspard Ulliel as the title character with additional roles played by Gong Li, Rhys Ifans and Dominic West. Filming took place at Barrandov Studios in Prague. It was co-produced by Italy, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, France, and the United States. It was released in France on February 7, 2007, and in Italy, United Kingdom, and the United States on February 9. It was produced by the Dino De Laurentiis Company and theatrical distribution was handled by Momentum Pictures in the UK, and by The Weinstein Company and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the US. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, though Ulliel's performance as Lecter was praised. It grossed $82.1 million worldwide against a $75 million budget. The film went on to become a hit on home video.
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