Muhammad: The Messenger of God
27/08/2015
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.
Movie Information
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
Murat Şenol
as Hz. Ali
Ali Ekber Diribaş
as Hz. Hamza
Rana Azadivar
as Umm Jamil
Baharak Salehniya
as Thowaiba
Mohammad Asgari
as Abu Lahab
Pantea Mehdinia
as Fatimah
Hedayat Hashemi
as Hanateh
Sadegh Hatefi
as Bahira
Negar Abedi
as Hanateh's wife
Hamidreza Tajdolat
as Hamza
Jafar Ghasemi
as Harith
Arash Falahat Pisheh
as Abraha
Ali Asghar Khatibzadeh
as Benjamin
Nasrin Nosrati
as Berkah
Mohammad Yaromtaghloo
as Abu Jahl
Rastin Soleimani
as Abdul khaligh
Amin Maleki
as Amin
