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Release Date: 2007

Cast: Ivan Marevich, Rhys Ifans, Joerg Stadler, Dominic West, Helena-Lia Tachovská, Richard Brake, Goran Kostic, Stephen Martin Walters, Michele Wade, Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Kevin McKidd ...MORE

Cast: Ivan Marevich, Rhys Ifans, Joerg Stadler, Dominic West, Helena-Lia Tachovská, Richard Brake, Goran Kostic, Stephen Martin Walters, Michele Wade, Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Kevin McKidd, Richard Leaf, Charles Maquignon, Aaron Thomas ...LESS

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Hannibal Rising is a 2007 crime thriller/horror film, the fifth and final film to feature Dr. Hannibal Lecter. It is a prequel to Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Manhunter and Hannibal. The film is an adaptation of Thomas Harris' 2006 novel of the same name and tells the story of Lecter's evolution into the infamous serial killer of the previous films and books. French actor Gaspard Ulliel portrays Lecter. Anthony Hopkins played the role in three previous films, after Brian Cox became the original screen Lecter in 1986's Manhunter. The film was directed by Peter Webber from a... MORE

Hannibal Rising is a 2007 crime thriller/horror film, the fifth and final film to feature Dr. Hannibal Lecter. It is a prequel to Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Manhunter and Hannibal. The film is an adaptation of Thomas Harris' 2006 novel of the same name and tells the story of Lecter's evolution into the infamous serial killer of the previous films and books. French actor Gaspard Ulliel portrays Lecter. Anthony Hopkins played the role in three previous films, after Brian Cox became the original screen Lecter in 1986's Manhunter. The film was directed by Peter Webber from a screenplay by Harris, and was filmed in Barrandov Studios in Prague. It was produced by the Dino De Laurentiis Company and was released on February 9, 2007. Theatrical distribution in the United States was handled by The Weinstein Company and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The movie received an R rating. The DVD was released on May 29, 2007. In 1944, in the closing days of World War II, eight-year-old Hannibal Lecter (Aaran Thomas) is the scion of an aristocratic family, living in the Lithuanian countryside. Lecter, his younger sister, Mischa (Helena-Lia Tachovska) and their parents escape to the family's hunting LESS