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1976Feature film178 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Libya · Morocco
Languages
English · Arabic
Genres
adventure film · drama film · historical film · epic film · war film · biographical film · medieval film

Credits

Direction

Moustapha Akkad — Directing
Andrew Marton — Directing

Cast

Anthony Quinn — Acting (Hamza)
Irene Papas — Acting (Hind bint Utbah)
Michael Ansara — Acting (Abu Sufyan ibn Harb)
Johnny Sekka — Acting (Bilal ibn Rabah)
Michael Forest — Acting (Khalid ibn al-Walid)
Richard Johnson — Acting (Narrator)
André Morell — Acting (Abu Talib)
Robert Brown — Acting (Utbah ibn Rabi'ah)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt — Acting (Heraclius)
Garrick Hagon — Acting (Ammar ibn Yasir)
Damien Thomas — Acting (Zayd)
Rosalie Crutchley — Acting (Sumayyah)
Bruno Barnabe — Acting (Umayyah ibn Khalaf)
Neville Jason — Acting (Ja`far ibn Abī Tālib)
John Bennett — Acting (Salul)
Donald Burton — Acting (Amr ibn al-As)
Earl Cameron — Acting (Al-Najashi)
George Camiller — Acting (Walid ibn Utbah)
Nicholas Amer — Acting (Suhayl ibn Amr)
Ewen Solon — Acting (Yasir)
Wolfe Morris — Acting (Abu Lahab)
Leonard Trolley — Acting (Silk Merchant)
Peter Madden — Acting (Toothless Man)
Mohammed Hassan El Joundi — Acting (Khosrau II)
Elaine Ives-Cameron — Acting (Arwa)
Martin Benson — Acting (Abu Jahl)
Habib Ageli — Acting (Hudhayfah)

Writing

H.A.L. Craig — Screenwriting
Tawfiq al-Hakim — Screenwriting
Abdel Hamid Gouda al-Sahhar — Screenwriting
Abdurrahman Ahmed Şerkavi — Screenwriting
Mohammad Ali Maher — Screenwriting

Production

Moustapha Akkad — Production

Music

Maurice Jarre — Music composition

Cinematography

Jack Hildyard — Cinematography

Editing

John Bloom — Editing

Costume

Phyllis Dalton — Costume design
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Releases by territory

Libya · Original release
30 Jul 1976Checked 18 Sep 2026
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