Kingdom of Solomon
| The Kingdom of Solomon | |
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Official poster of the English version
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| Directed by | Shahriar Bahrani |
| Produced by | Mojtaba Faravardeh |
| Written by | Shahriar Bahrani |
| Starring |
Amin Zendegani Elham Hamidi Mahmud Pakniyat |
| Music by | Chan Kwong Wing |
| Cinematography | Hamid Khozouee |
| Edited by | Mohammadreza Muini |
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Production
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KPS film
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| Distributed by | Farabi Cinema Foundation |
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Release date
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Running time
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110 Min |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian Arabic Urdu Hindi English |
| Budget | $5.1 million |
| Box office | $3 million |
The Kingdom of Solomon is an Iranian religious/historical film series produced by Mojtaba Faravardeh and directed by Shahriar Bahrani who has made Saint Mary before. The Kingdom of Solomon was going to be released internationally on November 2010 after its screening in Iran, but due to some technicalities its global release has been delayed. The film tells the life story of Prophet Solomon, the King of Israelites. It is mostly based on the Islamic accounts of Solomon's prophetic life extracted from the Qur'an but it also draws upon parallels found in some Jewish texts.
Solomon is a wise prophet selected as the crown prince by his father King David (Dawud in Islamic texts) when he was 9. Following Prophet David's death, Solomon succeeds to the crown and God appoints him as a prophet. Requesting from God the establishment of a divine kingdom, Solomon takes the wind under his command and jinns and demons under his control. Inviting rulers of the neighbouring lands to the monotheistic religion, Prophet Solomon continues his divine mission in as much as Balqis, the Queen of Sheba professes monotheism. At the end, while leaning on his cane, Solomon bids farewell to the world, and the jinns and demons get out of reign and return to their own world.
Solomon, the prophet and king of Judah, asks God to grant him an ideal kingdom and a promised paradise not to be given to anyone until the end of the world. For this to be fulfilled, he should face the world of the devils (jinns and demons), their materialization, and an imminent and cruel war with them. Filled with disbelief and blasphemy, the heads of the different tribes of the Israelites reject his calls for help. When disaster strikes and the people get demonic and lunatic, barely can Solomon control the crisis. But as soon as the creatures take material form, he prays for God's help and favour to overcome their onslaught. So God helps him and the devils get scared of Prophet Solomon.
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