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Hannibal Brooks is a 1969 British war comedy film directed by Michael Winner and written by Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement, based on a story by Winner and Tom Wright. It stars Oliver Reed, Michael J. Pollard and Wolfgang Preiss.
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Hannibal Brooks: Directed by Michael Winner. With Oliver Reed, Michael J. Pollard, Wolfgang Preiss, John Alderton. A British prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the Germans, so he does and takes with him the elephant that he's been caring for.
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- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Michael Winner
- 1969-03-30
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The title alludes to the Carthaginian military commander Hannibal who led an army with war elephants over the Alps. Hannibal Brooks is a 1969 British war comedy film directed by Michael Winner and written by Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement, based on a story by Winner and Tom Wright.
1h 42m1969. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the Germans, so he does and he takes with him the elephant that he's been caring for. Together they head for the Swiss border and freedom. Cast & Crew. Read More. Michael Winner. Director. Oliver Reed.
Overview. A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland. Michael Winner.
Summaries. A British prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the Germans, so he does and takes with him the elephant that he's been caring for. Together, they head for the Swiss border and freedom. In WW2, captured British soldier Stephen Brooks is on a prison train to Germany.On the train he meets an American prisoner ...
Sep 10, 2012 · Time Out says. British PoW Brooks (Reed) is assigned to look after an elephant named Lucy, to whom he grows devoted. En route with the elephant from Munich to a safer zoo in Innsbruck, Brooks...
