mohammad, messenger of god, released in message, first major film muhammad. film released on january 1, 1976 , on july 29 of same year had premiere in plaza , london cinema. there 2 versions of movie, english 1 , arab one. arab version had premiere in london cinema, curzon, on august 19, 1976. both versions screened till september 29. english version shown 9 weeks, , arab version 6 weeks.
when director mustafa akkad (1935-2005) shooting film, made use of american cast , egyptian cast. in english version anthony quinn played hamza, michael ansara muhammad s principal opponent abu sufyan, , irene papas abu sufyan s wife hind. in arab version these roles played egyptian actors. however, in number of overall shots, in large group acting, such battle of badr, can heard scene shot once, actors shout allahu akbar , whereas in other similar scenes director opted god great .
although movie muhammad, director decided shoot film not depict muhammad. akkad changed position of camera @ moments when muhammad brought vision. when muhammad essential scene, camera show events point of view.
the message became popular, not least in circles of muslims, example in africa, , asia. so, 2 well-known fatwas al-azhar university , shiite council of lebanon issued message.
it probable not result of creativity of filmmakers of rules announced islamic scholars of azhar , shia council of lebanon, prohibited representation of muhammad s wives of muhammad himself.
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