Muhammad: The Messenger of God

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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.

Country:

Iran

Genre:

History,

Drama

Duration:

178 minutes

Year:

2015

Director:

Majid Majidi

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Company:

Nourtaban Film Industry,

Infinite Production Company GmbH

Cast:
Mehdi Pakdel

Abu Talib

Sare Bayat

Halimah

Mina Sadati

Aminah

Alireza Shojanoori

Abdul Muttalib

Dariush Farhang

Abu Sufyan

Crew:
Majid Majidi

Director

Majid Majidi

Writer

Miljen 'Kreka' Kljaković

Production Design

Mohammad Mehdi Heidarian

Producer

Mohammadreza Saberi

Producer