Hannibal Brooks (1969)
January 18, 1969Release Date
Hannibal Brooks (1969)
January 18, 1969Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Oliver Reed
Stephen 'Hannibal' Brooks
John Alderton
Bernard
Michael J. Pollard
Packy
Wolfgang Preiss
Colonel Friedrich von Haller
Helmuth Lohner
Willi
Peter Carsten
Kurt
Karin Baal
Vronia
Ralf Wolter
Dr. Mendel
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Kellerman
Jürgen Draeger
Sami
Maria Brockerhoff
Anna
Michael Winner
Director
Hans Jürgen Kiebach
Art Direction
Tom Wright
Writer
James Crawford
Location Manager
Dick Clement
Writer
Ian La Frenais
Writer
Laci von Ronay
Production Manager
Andre Beilfuss
Animal Coordinator
Francis Lai
Composer
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Location Manager
Robert Paynter
Cinematographer
Peter Austen-Hunt
Editor
Clifton Brandon
Production Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 18, 1969
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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Hannibal Brooks is a 1969 British war comedy film directed by Michael Winner and written by Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement, based on a story by Winner and Tom Wright. It stars Oliver Reed, Michael J. Pollard and Wolfgang Preiss.
The film follows a prisoner of war's attempt to escape from Nazi Germany to Switzerland during the Second World War, accompanied by a female Asian elephant. The idea for the film was inspired by Tom Wright's diary from the war, when he was captured and spent nine months as a prisoner taking care of Asian elephants at the Munich zoo. However, the escape and all following events of the film are fictional. The title alludes to the Carthaginian military commander Hannibal who led an army with war elephants over the Alps.