Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare

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, supreme commander of the Carthaginian army
• Emilio Doorgashingh as Maharbal, chief cavalry commander & second-in-command of the Carthaginian army
• Bashar Rahal as Hasdrubal, Hannibal's younger brother and the commander of the Spanish provinces.
• Mido Hamada as Mago, Hannibal's youngest brother and the infantry commander.
• Histro Mitzkov as Gisgo, an officer in Hannibal's army who notably comments on the strength of the Roman army at Cannae. This earns Hannibals comment that, while there are indeed a lot of Romans, none of them are called Gisgo.

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