''Princess of Rome'' ( fa, شاهزاده روم) is an Iranian computer-animated movie about the life of a Christian princess, Malika, mother-to-be of

Muhammad al-Mahdi Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī ( ar, محمد بن الحسن المهدي) is believed by the Twelver Shia to be the last of the Twelve Imams and the eschatological Mahdi, who will emerge in the end of time to establish peace and justic ...

, the 12th

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Imam Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...

, and granddaughter of

Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman people, Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caes ...

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. The animation is 75 minutes in duration and narrates the story of Malika's journey to

Samarra Samarra ( ar, سَامَرَّاء, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The city of Samarra was founded by Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutasim for his Turkish professional army ...

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to marry

Hasan al-Askari Hasan ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ( ar, الحَسَن بْن عَلِيّ بْن مُحَمَّدُ, translit=al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad; ), better known as Hasan al-Askari ( ar, الحَسَن ٱلْعَسْكَرِيّ , translit=al-Ḥa ...

, the 11th Shia Imam. She changes her name to Nargis Khatoon following the marriage. The animation was screened at the 33rd

Fajr International Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

for the first time. The animation was also dubbed in Arabic and released in

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and some other Middle Eastern countries. ''Princess of Rome'' features as many as 40 characters in the animation, and almost 100 specialists contributed to its production. Hadi Muhammadian directed the movie and wrote the story.

Hamed Jafari Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (ِِح-م-د): # (Arabic: حَامِد ''ḥāmid'') also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish Hamit; it ...

was the producer. Hadi Muhammadian has said: "The quality of Roman Princess is far ahead of other animations in

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and is comparable with foreign works. This was produced with a budget of 600,000 dollars in 15 months, which is a record in the local animation industry". The film producer Jafari said that "the students are the main audience of the film". For this reason, religious and historical experts thought the animation to be displayed for children and teenagers.

Cast

Persian language

* Nasser Tahmasb * Manoochehr Valizade * Hosein Erfani * Maryam Shirazad * Arshak GHakosian * Javad Pezashkian * Alireza Dibaj * Maryam Radpor * Mohamad Ali Dibaj * 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

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Promotional trailer of ''Princess of Rome''
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Cast

Persian language

Arabic language

See also

References

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