Hannibal Brooks

Hannibal Brooks is a 1969 British war comedy film directed by Michael Winner and written by Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement, based on a story by Winner and Tom Wright. It stars Oliver Reed, Michael J. Pollard and Wolfgang Preiss.

Hannibal Brooks
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Winner
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Michael Winner
  • Tom Wright
Produced byMichael Winner
Starring
CinematographyRobert Paynter
Edited by
  • Peter Austen-Hunt
  • Lionel Selwyn
Music byFrancis Lai
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1 million or less than $3 million

The film follows a prisoner of war's attempt to escape from Nazi Germany to Switzerland during the Second World War, accompanied by a female Asian elephant. The idea for the film was inspired by Tom Wright's diary from the war, when he was captured and spent nine months as a prisoner taking care of Asian elephants at the Munich zoo. However, the escape and all following events of the film are fictional. The title alludes to the Carthaginian military commander Hannibal who led an army with war elephants over the Alps.

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