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Hannibal Brooks
Film / 1969

Hannibal Brooks

Directed by Michael Winner
ComedyWar

★ 6.4/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Oliver ReedBrooks Michael J. PollardPacky Wolfgang PreissCol. von Haller Karin BaalVronia Helmuth LohnerWilli Peter CarstenKurt Ralf WolterDr. Mendel Jürgen DraegerSami Ernst Fritz FürbringerKellerman John AldertonBernard Maria BrockerhoffAnna Til KiweVon Haller's Sergeant
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Erik JeldeZoo Director Stern Fred HaltinerJosef John Porter-DavisonGeordie Terence SewardsTwilight James DonaldPadre Robert RiettiElephant Keeper Kellermann (voice) Harald DietlGerman Soldier at Brooks' Arrest (uncredited) Nikki Van der ZylVronia (voice) (uncredited)

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2026 · Action · Comedy

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