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Lecter, Hannibal (Fictitious character), 1933-

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Personal name headingLecter, Hannibal (Fictitious character), 1933-
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Variant(s)Hannibal the Cannibal (Fictitious character), 1933-
Birth date1933
Place of birthLithuania
Field of activitySerial murders Cannibalism
Profession or occupationSerial murderers Psychopaths
Found inWork cat: Hannibal (Television program : 2013-2015)
Wikipedia, August 25, 2017: (Dr. Hannibal Lecter, forensic psychologist and cannibalistic serial killer, is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris adapted into films and a television series; born in Lithuania in 1933 to a wealthy aristocratic family; in 1944 was traumatized by witnessing the murder of his sister by a band of Nazi collaborators; portrayed as intellectually brilliant, cultured, and sophisticated, but obsessed with avenging his sister's death, in the process seeming to lose all traces of his humanity; portrayed in films The silence of the lambs, Hannibal, and Red dragon, by Anthony Hopkins; played in Manhunter, another adaptation of the novel Red dragon, by Brian Cox; portrayed in the film Hannibal rising by Aaron Thomas and Gaspard Ulliel; played in the television series by Mads Mikkelsen)
Hannibal.wikia.com, website of Hannibal the Wiki, August 25, 2017: (Hannibal Lecter, also known as "Hannibal the Cannibal" ; the films and novels begin with Lecter already incarcerated and later escaping, except for Hannibal rising which is a presquel; the television series is also a prequel that recreates Lecter's career as a serial killer in Baltimore, Maryland, as he also works as a practicing psychiatrist in that area)
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