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
- Body horror
- Harm to children
- Graphic violence
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Grave, bleak, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Gaspard UllielHannibal Lecter
- Aaran ThomasHannibal Lecter (young)
- Gong LiLady Murasaki
- Dominic WestInspector Popil
- Rhys IfansVladis Grutas
- Richard BrakeEnrikas Dortlich
- Kevin McKiddPetras Kolnas
- Stephen WaltersZigmas Milko
- Ivan MarevichBronys Grentz
- Helena-Lia TachovskáMischa Lecter
Crew
- Peter WebberDirector
- Thomas HarrisScreenplay
- Thomas HarrisNovel
- Ben DavisDirector of Photography
- Shigeru UmebayashiOriginal Music Composer
- Ilan EshkeriOriginal Music Composer
- Valerio BonelliEditor
- Pietro ScaliaEditor
- Tarak Ben AmmarProducer
- Dino De LaurentiisProducer
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