Hannibal Brooks
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Michael Winner
Oliver Reed
Michael J. Pollard
Karin Baal
Wolfgang Preiss
Helmut Lohner
Film Details
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Synopsis
During World War II, Brooks, a peace-loving British soldier, is captured by the Germans in Italy and placed on a prison train to Germany. On board, he meets Packy, an American prisoner of war who engineers an escape for them against Brooks's will. They are captured and taken to a prison camp outside Munich. Brooks is assigned to work at the local zoo, where he becomes attached to Lucy, a 15-year-old elephant. The elephant keeper is killed during an air raid; and Brooks is detailed to take Lucy by train to a zoo in Innsbruck, Austria. Their railroad car is commandeered by SS Col. von Haller, however, thus forcing Brooks and Lucy to make the journey by foot. Accompanying them are Willi, a friendly Austrian guard; Vronia, a Polish prisoner who is their cook; and Kurt, a disagreeable German guard who frequently gets drunk and insults both Vronia and the elephant. Brooks accidentally kills Kurt when the latter threatens to shoot Lucy; and Willi suggests they cross the Alps to the Swiss border, 60 miles away. Brooks agrees, but insists upon taking along Lucy. Brooks sets out with Lucy on the long trek across the Alps after Vronia and Willi have gone on ahead. En route, he repeatedly crosses paths with his pursuers, led by von Haller, as well as with Packy, who now leads a guerrilla band of escaped prisoners. Finally, Brooks, Packy, Vronia, and Willi all reach the border, whereupon von Haller, who is deserting as the war nears its end, tries to doublecross them to make good his own escape. During the fighting that breaks out, Vronia and Willi, who have betrayed their loyalties, are killed, but Lucy knocks down a border post and leads Brooks, Packy, and the remnants of his small army, to safety in Switzerland.
Director
Michael Winner
Cast
Oliver Reed
Michael J. Pollard
Karin Baal
Wolfgang Preiss
Helmut Lohner
James Donald
Peter Carsten
Erik Jelde
Ernst Fritz Furbringer
Ralf Wolter
Jürgen Draeger
Fred Haltiner
Maria Brockerhoff
Til Kiwe
Peter Bohlke
Tei De Maal
John Alderton
John Porter Davison
Terence Sewards
Aida
Crew
André Beilfuss
Clifton Brandon
John Brommage
Dick Clement
Michael Dryhurst
Christian Gaubert
Hans Jura
Stephanie Kaye
Jürgen Kiebach
Ian La Frenais
Francis Lai
Udo Graf Lambsdorff
Erwin Lange
Josie Macavin
Richard Mills
David Newman
Robert Paynter
Laci Von Ronay
Lionel Selwyn
John Stoll
Hugh Strain
Michael Winner
Michael Winner
Tom Wright
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in Bavaria. Opened in London in March 1969.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States April 1969
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1969
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1969
Released in United States April 1969
