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Hannibal (2006 TV film)

Hannibal (also known as Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare) is a 2006 television film, presented as a dramatised documentary, made by the BBC.^[1][2][3][4] It is narrated by Kenneth Cranham.

The film is chiefly centred on the Italian campaign of Hannibal, the famous Carthaginian general during the Second Punic War.

Cast[edit]

Carthaginians

• Alexander SiddigasHannibal, supreme commander of the Carthaginian army.
• Emilio Doorgashingh as Maharbal, chief cavalry commander and second-in-command of the Carthaginian army.
• Bashar RahalasHasdrubal, Hannibal's younger brother and the commander of the Spanish provinces.
• Mido HamadaasMago, Hannibal's youngest brother and the infantry commander.
• Histro Mitzkov as Gisgo, an officer in Hannibal's army who notably comments on the strength of the Roman army at Cannae. This earns Hannibal's comment that, while there are indeed a lot of Romans, none of them are called Gisgo.

Romans

• Shaun DingwallasScipio Africanus, the Roman general who finally defeated Hannibal.
• Tristan GemmillasVarro, the consul defeated at Cannae.
• Ben CrossasFabius Maximus, Dictator and author of the Fabian strategy.

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External links[edit]

• Hannibal (2006)atIMDb
• HannibalonBBC
• Dr. Patrick L. Cooney. "Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006) summary". Historical Movies in Chronological Order. Vernon Johns Society. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
• Review

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