Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare

Hannibal
Written by	Matthew Faulk Mark Skeet
Directed by	Edward Bazalgette
Starring	Alexander Siddig Bashar Rahal
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Running time	89 min.
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	14 May 2006

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.

External links

• Hannibal - Rome's Worst Nightmare at the Internet Movie Database
• Dr. Patrick L. Cooney. "Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare (2006) summary". Historical Movies in Chronological Order. Vernon Johns Society. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
• Review