Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare

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Directed by Edward Bazalgette Original language(s) English		Country of origin United Kingdom Running time 89 min.
Written by Matthew Faulk Mark Skeet Starring Alexander Siddig Bashar Rahal

Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare is a 2006 television film, presented as a dramatised documentary, made by the BBC. 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

Carthaginians

Alexander Siddig as Hannibal

Emelio Doorgashingh as Maharbal, cavalry commander.

Bashar Rahal as Hasdrubal, Hannibal's younger brother.

Mido Hamada as Mago, Hannibal's youngest brother.

Romans

Shaun Dingwall as Scipio Africanus, the Roman general who finally defeated Carthage.

Tristan Gemmill as Varro, the consul defeated at Cannae.

Ben Cross as Fabius Maximus, author of the Fabian strategy.

References

Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare Wikipedia

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