Professor Hannibal Explained

Professor Hannibal
Director:Zoltán Fábri
Editing:Ferencné Szécsényi
Studio:Magyar Filmgyártó Vállalat
Runtime:88 minutes
Country:Hungary
Language:Hungarian

Professor Hannibal (Hungarian: Hannibál tanár úr) is a 1956 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri and starring Ernő Szabó, Zoltán Greguss and Manyi Kiss. The film is based on a novel by Ferenc Móra set in Budapest during the Interwar period. When a Latin teacher publishes an essay on the Carthaginian General Hannibal, he is quickly hailed as a celebrity genius, but in reality has become an unwitting pawn of far-right politicians.[1] The film was chosen to be part both of Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968 and its follow-up, the New Budapest Twelve in 2000.[2] [3]

Release

The initial popularity of the film is hard to judge as five days after it premiered on 18 October 1956 the Hungarian Uprising began. It was re-released in 1957.[4]

Partial cast

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Cunningham p.88-89
  2. Book: Ujhelyi, Szilárd. A BUDAPESTI 12. Magyar Filmtudományi Intézet és Filmarchívum. 1968. Karcsai Kulcsár. István. Filmbarátok Kiskönyvtára. Budapest.
  3. March 2000. Új Budapesti Tizenkettő. Filmvilág. XLIII. 3. 2.
  4. Cunningham p.90-91