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Professor Hannibal
Directed byZoltán Fábri
Written byFerenc Móra (novel)
István Gyenes
Péter Szász
Zoltán Fábri
StarringErnö Szabó
Zoltán Greguss
Manyi Kiss
Noémi Apor
CinematographyFerenc Szécsényi
Edited byFerencné Szécsényi
Music byZdenkó Tamássy
Production
company
Release date
18 October 1956
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

Professor Hannibal (Hungarian: Hannibál tanár úr) is a 1956 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri and starring Ernö 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]

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.[2]

Partial cast

References

  1. ^ Cunningham p.88-89
  2. ^ Cunningham p.90-91

Bibliography

  • Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.