Professor Hannibal (1956)
- Original title
- Hannibál tanár úr
- Directed by
- Zoltán Fábri
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Hungary
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 30 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Latin teacher in Interwar Budapest writes a scholarly essay about Hannibal. He is suddenly celebrated as a genius but is actually being used by far-right politicians for their own agenda.
suspensefulsatiricalthought-provokingtensemelancholicintellectualuneasyslow-burn
What happens
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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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