Actress Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (1963)

Hannibal Rising (2007) is a chilling psychological thriller that serves as the fifth installment in the Hannibal Lecter franchise. Serving as a prequel to Red Dragon, Hannibal, and The Silence of the Lambs, this film brings to life Thomas Harris’ eponymous 2006 novel. It delves into the origins of Lecter’s descent from a vengeful Nazi hunter to a monstrous cannibalistic serial killer. Set in 1944 Lithuania during World War II, we see an eight-year-old Hannibal and his family take refuge in their hunting lodge to escape the advancing German troops. However, after three long years, ...

Seven Years in Tibet (1997) is an American biographical war drama film, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. It is based on the 1952 memoir of Austrian mountaineer and Schutzstaffel (SS) sergeant Heinrich Harrer, detailing his experiences in Tibet from 1944 to 1951. In 1939, Harrer leaves behind his pregnant wife to join Peter Aufschnaiter in an expedition to summit Nanga Parbat in British-ruled India (now part of Pakistan). However, when World War II begins, the British authorities arrest them as ‘enemy aliens’ – citizens of a country at war with the British Empire. The duo is then imprisoned in a camp ...

Mission: Impossible (1996) is a film that falls into the action genre. It was directed by Brian De Palma and features Tom Cruise, who also produced and starred in the film. The screenplay was written by David Koepp and Robert Towne with a story by Koepp and Steven Zaillian. During their time in Kyiv, Jim Phelps and his new IMF team are sent to Prague on a mission to prevent rogue ...