Hannibal Rising DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play It started with revenge In Red Dragon we learned who he was In Silence of the Lambs we learned how he did it Now comes the most chilling chapter in the life of Hannibal Lecter
- the one that answers the most elusive question of all
- why? Hannibal Rising marks the first time in the award-winning series best selling author Thomas Harris (" Red Dragon" " Silence of the Lambs") writes the screenplay
- reaching back to explore the origins of Lecter&s rage terror & savagery The story begins in Eastern Europe at the desperate end of World War II For many it was no longer a conflict of nations but one of individual survival
- at any cost A young Hannibal watches from only steps away as his parents& violently die leaving his cherished young sister in his care This horrific moment will soon pale in comparison to the atrocities he is forced to witness & perhaps survive as a result of Alone & without any means of support he is forced to live in a Soviet Orphanage that once served as his family&s beloved home He flees to Paris to find his uncle has died but his beautiful & mysterious Japanese widow Lady Murasaki (Gong Li) welcomes him Even her kindness & love cannot soothe the nightmares & sorrows that plague him Showing a cunning aptitude for science he is accepted into medical school which serves to hone his skills & provide the tools to exact justice on the war criminals that haunt him day & night This quest will ignite an insatiable lust within a serial killer who was not born but made Gaspard Ulliel plays the fearsome Lecter alongside Gong Li Rhys Ifans & Dominic West Peter Webber (Girl With A Pearl Earring) directs Actors Gaspard Ulliel Gong Li Helena Lia Tachovska Rhys Ifans Goran Kostic Ivan Marevich Dominic West Martin Hub Marko Igonda Nancy Bishop Charles Maquignon & Kevin Mc Kidd Director Peter Webber Certificate 18 years & over Year 2007 Screen Widescreen Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 2 hours & 5 minutes (approx)