The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a med student he hones his appetite for the kill.

• Quinta Communications
• Ingenious Media
• Gaspard Ulliel
• Aaran Thomas
• Gong Li
• Dominic West
• Rhys Ifans
• Richard Brake
• Kevin McKidd
• Stephen Walters