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 medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.
Genres: Crime , Horror , Thriller
Keywords: 1940s , 1950s , brutal-violence , cadaver , cannibal , chateau , crucifix , decapitation , incinerator , influential-aunt-or-uncle , lithuania , mask , medical-student , nazi-collaborationism , post-world-war-ii , psychopath , revenge , strangulation , vengeance , winter , world-war-ii , based-on-novel-or-book , biting , blunt , cannibalism , crime-horror , crime-thriller , distressing , disturbed , excited , frightened , hannibal-lecter , horrified , macabre , psychological-horror , psychological-thriller , sinister , suspenseful