Hannibal Brooks - Movie Theme Music 1969

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 (Oliver Reed) along with Kurt (a hostile German soldier), a friendly German soldier named Willy and a female cook to accompany the elephant to Innsbruck Zoo via train.

They are forced to walk when the SS commandeer the train. When in Austria, Kurt threatens to shoot Lucy in a drunken aggressive display. Brooks tries to stop the soldier and a fight ensues between the two, which ends in Brooks accidentally killing Kurt. Brooks, Lucy, Willy and the cook are forced to run towards the Swiss border to safety. They are helped along the way by an American escapee named Packy (Michael J. Pollard) who has formed a group of partisans to fight the Germans in Austria. After many run-ins with the Nazis, they eventually make it to Switzerland. Hannibal Brooks is widely considered to be one of the best performances by an elephant on the big screen.

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[j0andc0]

Excellent film and openings, Winners best ever film i think.

[nobmonkey]

thanks for putting this up,its a great film.very underated!

[jazza123456789o]

Could you tell me if the music was written for the film or an existing classical piece.

[danm397]

"For you Tommy the war is over!"

What a start to a film. Cheers for posting.

[prben2]

At the beginning of the film, it looks like Hannibal Brooks and his comrades have been captured by the Nazis in Italy.

[Cool2BCeltic]

A very good film. What's interesting is that even though Michael Winner is Jewish, he shows in this film that not all Germans in WW2 were bad, such as the German doctor who helps Brooks, the Austrian soldier who becomes Brooks' friend (I felt sad when he was killed) and the understanding German general played by Wolfgang Preiss.

[jezzasmezza]

We're here

[walkabou5]

@patlaborcrewman no, just enjoy the movie

[24765968]

A lot of people relate Micheal Winner with stupid car insurance adverts but in his day he produced some wonderful films such as this.

[ossarider]

obscure movie, but amazing soundtrack...and the opening scenes look they were shot today, not in 1968...hard to believe

[MASR4]

that is some beautiful music

[ludwigvonsteampole1]

I loved this films as a child and still do. A wonderfull sound track...Thank you for posting...