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.
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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.
Partial cast
Ernő Szabó as Nyúl Béla
Zoltán Greguss as Muray
Manyi Kiss as Nyúl Béláné
Noémi Apor as Lola
Emmi Buttykay as Mici
Hilda Gobbi as Vogelmayerné
Oszkár Ascher as Schwarz Béni
Ödön Bárdi as Danielisz
Béla Barsi as Menyus
Ferenc Bessenyei as Hannibál
György Kálmán as Újságíró
Zoltán Makláry as Manzák
László Mensáros as Török
László Misoga as Vogelmayer
Lajos Rajczy as Rezsõ úr
Mihály Selmeczy as Ofenthaler igazgató
Rudolf Somogyvári as Vidrozsil
József Szendrõ as Wilhelm