The Message (1976)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Moustapha Akkad

Writers:

H.A.L. Craig (writer)
Tewfik El-Hakim (writer)

Release Date:

8 July 1977 (France)

Genre:

Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War

Tagline:

In four decades only four... "The Robe" "The Ten Commandments" "Ben-Hur" and now... For the first time...the vast, spectacular drama that changed the world!

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

First Person Camera | Muslim | Slave | Desert | Freed Slave

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Anthony Quinn	...	Hamza
Irene Papas	...	Hind
Michael Ansara	...	Abu Sofyan
Johnny Sekka	...	Bilal
Michael Forest	...	Khalid
Damien Thomas	...	Zaid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ahmed Abdelhalim	...	Uriqat
Habib Ageli	...	Hudayfa
Mohammad Al-Gaddary	...	Money Lender
Nicolas Amer	...	Suheil
Bruno Barnabe	...	Umaya
Mohamed Basri	...	Merchant
John Bennett	...	Salool
Martin Benson	...	Abu-Jahal
Robert Brown	...	Otba
Donald Burton	...	Amr
Earl Cameron	...	Annajashi
George Camiller	...	Waleed
Ronald Chenery	...	Mosaab
Rosalie Crutchley	...	Somaya
Salem Gedara	...	Wahshi
Michael Godfrey	...	Barra
Garrick Hagon	...	Ammar
Gerard Hely	...	Sinan
John Humphry	...	Ubada
Elaine Ives-Cameron	...	Arwa
Neville Jason	...	Jaafar
Richard Johnson	...	Narrator
Hassan Joundi	...	Kisra
Ronald Leigh-Hunt	...	Heraclius
Peter Madden	...	Toothless Man
André Morell	...	Abu-Talib
Wolfe Morris	...	Bu-Lahab
Ewen Solon	...	Yasser
Leonard Trolley	...	Silk Merchant

Also Known As:

Mohammad: Messenger of God (USA)
Mohammed, Messenger of God

Runtime:

177 min

Country:

Lebanon | Libya | Kuwait | Morocco | UK

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Germany) | Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:12 | Argentina:Atp | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Libya

Company:

Filmco International Productions

Trivia:

It took 4 ½ months to build the ancient city of Mecca.

Quotes:

Hamza: Mohammed, when I hunt the desert at night, I know God is not kept in a house.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Making of an Epic: Mohammad Messenger of God (1976) (TV)

The beginning of an endless journey

This film is about how Islam began from the beginning until its establishment. Anthony Quinn stars as the uncle of Prophet Mohammed (p.b.u.h) Hamza who is the leader of an army of a few loyal men against an army of thousands. The film is not about offence but about defence and ends with peaceful armed less walk into the city of Mecca after many years of suffering.

This film explains how the Prophet Mohammed start his message with a few men and eventually gaining thousands and as you can see today millions. The film talks about the establishment the spread of Gods message and the story of the men who had to give away there lives for the sake of Gods words including the sacrifices that are made is the death of Hamza (Anthony Quinn).