

Hannibal Rising
It started with revenge.
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill and learnt sword skills from his Japanese girlfriend, who happened to have similar fate
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $75M
- Box office
- $82.2M
- Language
- English
- mask
- based on novel or book
- winter
- psychopath
- world war ii
- lithuania
- revenge
- decapitation
- psychological thriller
- strangulation
- cannibal
- biting
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Czech Republic, France, Italy, United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR6 Feb 2007
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical189 Feb 2007
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD25 Jun 2007
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+8 Feb 2007
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18A9 Feb 2007
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+1821 Feb 2008
AustriaAT
- Theatrical16 Feb 2007
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical21 Feb 2007
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1620 Apr 2007
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical22 Feb 2008
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical18+22 Feb 2007
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical159 Feb 2007
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Hannibal Rising was released on 6 February 2007.
Audience reviews
2- J6/10
John Chard
11/1/2015
What made Hannibal the beast he was? Indeed, director Peter Webber and author Thomas Harris bring us Hannibal Lector (ne: Lecter) the formative years. Off the bat you have to say it's not overtly a horror film, something which has proved to have annoyed many who ventured in expecting something different. Which on one hand is a shame because it's a very effective thriller, ripe with literary smarts and boasting som…
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JPRetana
5/31/2026
I’ve always equated Hannibal Lecter with the Shark from Jaws. Sure, the good doctor is a more entertaining host — until he gets peckish — but they both essentially kill to feed. That’s all the motivation they require. How silly would it be to give a shark a tragic origin story? About as silly as setting a film in Lithuania and France with French and Lithuanian characters and then having everybody speak English. Or…
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