Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare

May 5, 2006

1h 29m

★ 5.6

Overview

It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by oath to avenge the wrongs inflicted on his home and, in pursuit of revenge, he will stop at nothing. Hannibal explores the man behind the myth, revealing what drove the 26-year-old to mastermind one of the most audacious military moves in history. With 40,000 soldiers and 37 elephants, he marched 1,500 miles to challenge his enemies on their own soil. It was an act so daring that few people believed it possible.

Genres

History

Action

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Hannibal

Alexander Siddig

Maharbal

Emilio Doorgasingh

Hasdrubal

Bashar Rahal

Mago

Mido Hamada

Scipio

Shaun Dingwall

Publius Scipio

Rob Dixon

Varro

Tristan Gemmill

Hanno

Vincent Riotta

Fabius Maximus

Ben Cross

Narrator

Kenneth Cranham

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