Professor Hannibal

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]

Professor Hannibal
Directed byZoltán Fábri
Written by
  • Ferenc Móra (novel)
  • István Gyenes
  • Péter Szász
  • Zoltán Fábri
Starring
CinematographyFerenc Szécsényi
Edited byFerencné Szécsényi
Music byZdenkó Tamássy
Production
company
Release date
18 October 1956
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian

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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