Muhammad: The Messenger of God
movie
Released August 27, 2015
Overview
Muhammad: The Messenger of God is an 2015 Iranian film directed by Majid Majidi. The story revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The film marks Iran's biggest-budget production to date and is the first part of the planned trilogy on the life of the Prophet. Barring a few scenes filmed in South Africa, the majority of the filming was done at a colossal set created in the city of Qom near Tehran. The film was officially announced in October 2011 and its filming was completed by 2013. The cinematography is done by Vittorio Storaro and film score is composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was selected for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Oscar ceremony in 2016, but was excluded from the short list.
Cast
Mehdi Pakdel
as
Abu Talib
Sareh Bayat
as
Halimah
Mina Sadati
as
Aminah
Alireza Shojanoori
as
Abdul Muttalib
Dariush Farhang
as
Abu Sufyan
Mohsen Tanabandeh
as
Samuel
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Murat Şenol
as
Hz. Ali
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Ali Ekber Diribaş
as
Hz. Hamza
Rana Azadivar
as
Umm Jamil
Baharak Salehniya
as
Thowaiba
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Mohammad Asgari
as
Abu Lahab
Pantea Mehdinia
as
Fatimah
Crew
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Scott E. Anderson
as
VFX Editor
Majid Majidi
as
Writer
Majid Majidi
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Director
Miljen 'Kreka' Kljaković
as
Production Design
Majid Majidi
as
Producer
Roberto Perpignani
as
Editor
Kambuzia Partovi
as
Writer
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Mohammadreza Saberi
as
Producer
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Mohammad Mehdi Heidarian
as
Producer
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Hamid Amjad
as
Writer
Vittorio Storaro
as
Director of Photography
A.R. Rahman
as
Original Music Composer