Princess of Rome
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| Produced by | Hamed Jafari |
| Edited by | Hassan Ayoubi |
| Music by | Arya Aziminejad |
Production company | HonarPooya Group |
| Distributed by | HonarPooya Group |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Countries | Iran, Lebanon |
| Languages | Persian and Arabic |
| Budget | $600,000 |
Princess of Rome (Persian: شاهزاده روم) is an Iranian and Lebanese computer-animated movie produced by Hamed Jafari about the life of a Christian princess, Malika, mother-to-be of Muhammad al-Mahdi, the 12th Shia Imam, and granddaughter of Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (the successor of the Eastern Roman Empire).[1] (which is referred as Rome) The animation is 75 minutes in duration and narrates the story of Malika's journey to Samarra in Iraq to marry Hasan al-Askari, the 11th Shia Imam. She changes her name to Nargis Khatoon following the marriage.[2][3]
The animation was screened in Iran at the 33rd Fajr International Film Festival for the first time. The animation was also dubbed in Arabic and released in Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon and some other Middle Eastern countries.[2][4] The animation was also released in France, Canada, Australia and others.
Princess of Rome features as many as 40 characters in the animation, and almost 100 specialists contributed to its production. Princess of Rome was created by HonarPooya Animation company.
Hamed Jafari was the producer and Hadi Muhammadian was director and Zahra Barti, Abbas Sharara, Hadi Mohammadian & Hamed Jafari were the member of Writing Team and Arya Aziminejad was Composer the movie. The film producer Jafari said that "the familys are the main audience of the film".[2] For this reason, religious and historical experts thought the animation to be displayed for children and teenagers.[1] Jafari said "This film was produced with a budget of 600,000 dollars in 15 months, which is a record in the local animation industry." The quality of Roman Princess is far ahead of other animations in Iran and is comparable with foreign works. [2]
Cast
Persian language
- Nasser Tahmasb
- Manoochehr Valizade
- Hosein Erfani
- Maryam Shirazad
- Arshak GHakosian
- Javad Pezashkian
- Alireza Dibaj
- Maryam Radpor
- Mohamad Ali Dibaj
- Hossein Kamalabadi
- Nasim Rezakhani
- Maryam Banaiee
- Sharad Banki
- Alireza Ashkbos
- Mohamad Ali Janpanah
Arabic language
- Sohair Nasreddeen
- Ali Shokair
- Noureddeen Mirzadah
- Omar Mikati
- Ali Saad
- Bilal Bishtawi
- Saad Hamdan
- Rawda Kassem
- Sawssan Awwad
- Joumana Zonji
- Khaled El Sayed
- Omar Al-Shammaa
- Samir Kammoun
- Nisreen Masoud
- Rania Mroueh
- Hussni Badereddeen
- Asmahan Bitar
- Rana Al Rifai
See also
- شاهزاده روم
- List of Islamic films
- List of animated Islamic films
- Muhammad al-Mahdi
- Muhammad: The Last Prophet
References
- ^ a b "Roman Princess to be premiered in intl. Fajr filmfest". en.mehrnews.com. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Princess of Rome released". www.irna.ir. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ "Princess of Rome". movies.beiruting.com. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ Staff writers (7 June 2015). "Iraq Screens 3D Animation". kayhan.ir. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
External links
- Princess of Rome at IMDb
- Princess of Rome at Box Office Mojo
- Promotional trailer of Princess of Rome