Hannibal Rising

Lithuania, 1941. Young Hannibal, born into nobility, watches the war reach his family's castle. Three years later, his parents die in an air strike, and he and his sister Mischa fall into the hands of six deserters, who take the girl to eat her. After a Soviet orphanage, his uncle Robert brings him to France to live with the Japanese Lady Murasaki. He kills the butcher who insulted her, becomes a medical student and, with Inspector Popil on his trail, hunts down Mischa's killers one by one. He kills their leader, Grutas, on a houseboat, and Murasaki leaves him. Arrested, he's released for lack of evidence, takes a residency in Baltimore and stops in Canada to visit the last name on his list.

1. ChangeArrested or presumed dead

   In the book, Inspector Popil arrests Hannibal, who walks free for lack of evidence and because the public backs a man killing war criminals. In the film, after the houseboat, he's presumed dead.

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2. ChangeLady Murasaki's fate

   The book sends Lady Murasaki back to Japan at the end. In the film, Hannibal saves her, but she leaves him for good after seeing what he's capable of.

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3. ChangeThe guard with the key

   In the book, the boy is freed from his chains by Porvik, one of the deserters, who throws him the key before dying. The film leaves that out.

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