The Dervish and Death (1974)

The Dervish and Death (1974)

1974-07-11 Yugoslavia 105 Min. PG-13
5.9 4 votes

Overview

Ahmet Nurudin is a dervish and head of the Islamic monastery of the Mevlevi order in Sarajevo. He is a personification of morale and dogmatic belief, everything that Muslim religion of the Ottoman rule rests on. Throughout his life, the atmosphere of the city, the relations with the judge and the mechanism of government, the image of Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century is being revealed. Based on a highly praised novel by Meša Selimović.

Cast

Voja Mirić is Derviš Ahmed Nurudin
Derviš Ahmed Nurudin
Boris Dvornik is Hasan Dželevdžija
Hasan Dželevdžija
Špela Rozin is Dubrovčanka
Dubrovčanka
Faruk Begolli is Mula Jusuf
Mula Jusuf
Pavle Vuisić is Muftija
Veljko Mandić is Karazaim
Rejhan Demirdžić is Šahista Malik
Šahista Malik