Professor Hannibal

Professor Hannibal
Directed byZoltán Fábri
Written by
Starring
CinematographyFerenc Szécsényi
Edited byFerencné Szécsényi
Music byZdenkó Tamássy
Production
company
Release date
  • 18 October 1956 (1956-10-18)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

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

References

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

Bibliography

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