A chilling look back at why Hannibal Lecter (Gaspard Ulliel) became a cannibal. As a young boy he is forced to watch as his family are massacred by soldiers. As the years pass he plots his bloody revenge. Co stars Rhys Ifans and Dominic West.

Film Trivia

• A fake severed head and a rubber penis were stolen from the set.
• A number of actors auditioned for the role of Hannibal Lecter including Hayden Christensen, Macaulay Culkin, Hugh Dancy, Rupert Friend and Dominic Cooper.
• When Lecter injects himself, Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations is playing. This is the same song that plays during The Silence Of The Lambs when Lecter escapes from captivity.
• The Hannibal Lecter films are all based on books written by Thomas Harris. This film was the first that Harris has adapted from one of his own books.

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