Muhammad: The Messenger of God (2015) by Majid Majidi, Iranian Persian + English Subtitles 720p

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad:_The_Messenger_of_God_(film) 20 March 2019. Not to be confused with The Message (1976 film). Muhammad: The Messenger of God (Persian: محمد رسول‌الله‎, translit. Mohammad Rasulollah) is a 2015 Iranian Islamic epic film directed by Majid Majidi and co-written with Kambuzia Partovi. The film is set in the sixth century where the story revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The film marks the biggest-budget production in Iranian cinema to date.[3] Development of Muhammad: The Messenger of God began in 2007 and Majidi wrote the first draft of the screenplay by 2009. By 2011, a colossal set created in the city of Qom near Tehran was ready for the majority of the film. Several scenes were filmed in South Africa. Throughout the filming process, Majidi worked with a team of historians and archaeologists for the work on accuracy of the early life of Prophet Muhammad. Post-production works began in Munich during late 2013 and were completed in 2014. The cinematography is done by Vittorio Storaro and film score is composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was set to have its premiere at the Fajr International Film Festival on 1 February 2015 but was pulled out due to technical difficulties. For the critics, film-makers and journalists, a special screening was held at Cinema Farhang in Iran on 12 February 2015. The film was released both in Iran and at Montreal World Film Festival on 27 August 2015. The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards By the order of Abraha, King of Habasha, one of his army commanders launches an attack on Mecca in order to destroy the Kaaba. He leads a well-equipped force of thousands of soldiers, horses and elephants. As the army approaches Mecca, the elephants respond to divine order by halting and refusing to continue. Millions of small birds then release a hail of stones onto Abraha's forces and the army is annihilated. A month later, Muhammad is born. This film depicts the pre-Islamic Arabia as seen through the eyes of Muhammad from birth to the age of 13 Cast Mahdi Pakdel as Abu Talib Alireza Shoja Nouri as Abdul Muttalib Mohsen Tanabandeh as Samuel Sareh Bayat as Halimah Dariush Farhang as Abu Sufyan Rana Azadivar as Umm Jamil Hedayat Hashemi as Hanateh Sadegh Hatefi as Bahira Mina Sadati as Aminah Negar Abedi as Hanateh's wife Hamidreza Tajdolat as Hamza Mohammad Asgari as Abū Lahab Pantea Mehdinia as Fatimah Jafar Ghasemi as Harith Arash Falahat Pisheh as Abraha Ali Asghar Khatibzadeh as Benjamin Nasrin Nosrati as Berkah Production Origin In 2006, Majid Majidi's film The Willow Tree was about to have its premiere at the 17th NatFilm Festival. However, the director backed out the screening of the film citing the controversy created by the Jyllands-Posten over cartoon depiction of Islamic Prophet–Muhammad.[6] According to Majidi, the publishing insulted the population of Muslim people and disrespected the boundaries of the holy sanctuaries of beliefs.[7] This led him to the idea of making a film on Prophet Muhammad.[8] Later, to make a more practical response to the insulting act of the newspaper, he took up the subject of Prophet of Islam.[8] I thought to myself how can they hold an honoring ceremony for me in a country where my beliefs and sanctities are insulted... So, in a letter I said I could not attend the ceremony (in a country) where my holiest sanctities are desecrated. Instead of showing reaction to the insults to Islamic sanctities, it is better to do some action to introduce the Islamic culture and that is why production of the movie 'Muhammad (PBUH)' was started 7 years ago.[9] Directed by Majid Majidi Produced by Muhammad Mehdi Heidarian Mohammadreza Saberi Majid Majidi Written by Majid Majidi Hamid Amjad Kambuzia Partovi Starring Mahdi Pakdel Alireza Shoja Nouri Mohsen Tanabandeh Sareh Bayat Dariush Farhang Seyed Sadegh Hatefi Mina Sadati Music by A. R. Rahman Cinematography Vittorio Storaro Edited by Roberto Perpignani Production company Noor-e-Taban Film Company Production Infinite Production Company GmbH Release date February 12, 2015 Running time 178 minutes[1] Country Iran Iran Language Persian Budget $ 50 million