Princess of Rome

Princess of Rome

Promotional film poster for Princess of Rome
Directed by Hadi Muhammadian
Produced by Hamid Jafari
Written by Hadi Muhammadian
Music by Arya Aziminejad
Edited by Hassan Ayoubi
Distributed by Puya art group
Release dates
Running time
 75 minutes
Country Iran
Language Persian and Arabic

Princess of Rome (Persian: شاهزاده روم‎‎) is an Iranian computer-animated movie about life of a Christian princess, Malika, mother-to-be of Muhammad al-Mahdi, the 12th Shia Imam, and granddaughter of Caesar of Rome.[1] The animation is 75 minutes in duration and narrates the story of Malika's travel to Samarra in Iraq to marry with Hasan al-Askari, the 11th Shia Imam. She changes her name to Nargis Khatoon following the marriage.[2][3][4]

The animation was screened in the 33rd Fajr International Film Festival for the first time. The animation was also dubbed in Arabic language and released in Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon and some other Middle Eastern countries.[3][5]

The Princess of Rome features as many as 40 characters in the animation, and as many as specialists (nearly 100) contributed to the its production. Hadi Muhammadian directed the movie and wrote the story. Hamid Jafari was the producer.[3][5] Hadi Muhammadian has said: "The quality of Roman Princess is far ahead of other animations in Iran and is comparable with foreign works." He also stated: "This was produced with a budget of 600,000 dollars in 15 months, which is a record in the local animation industry."[3] "Students are the main audience of the film."[3] said, Jafari, the movie producer. For this reason, religious and historical experts thought the animation to be displayed for children and teenager.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Roman Princess to be premiered in intl. Fajr filmfest". http://en.mehrnews.com. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ↑ "Fajr Filmfest to show Iran 3D animation". http://edition.presstv.ir. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Princess of Rome released". www.irna.ir. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Princess of Rome". http://movies.beiruting.com. Retrieved 16 November 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  5. 1 2 Staff writers (7 June 2015). "Iraq Screens 3D Animation by Iran’s Mohammadian". Kayhan.ir. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

External links

Promotional trailer of Princess of Rome

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