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.

• DirectorPeter Webber
• Release6 February 2007
• Genre
  Crime / Thriller
• Duration2h 1m
• Budget$75,000,000
• Revenue$82,169,884
• Rate
  

  6.244
  2280 reviews
• Productions

  Quinta Communications, Ingenious Media, Delta (Young Hannibal) Ltd., DDL Cinematografica, Zephyr Films, ETIC Films, The De Laurentiis Company