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 by	Zoltán Fábri
Written by	Ferenc Móra (novel) István Gyenes Péter Szász Zoltán Fábri
Starring	Ernő Szabó Zoltán Greguss Manyi Kiss Noémi Apor
Cinematography	Ferenc Szécsényi
Edited by	Ferencné Szécsényi
Music by	Zdenkó Tamássy
Production company	Magyar Filmgyártó Vállalat
Release date	18 October 1956 (1956-10-18)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

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

• 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