The Dervish and Death
Derviš i smrt
Release: 1974-07-11
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 5.9
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Yugoslavia
Production Companies
Avala Film
Bosna Film
Centar film
Cast
Faruk Begolli
as Mula Jusuf
Branko Pleša
as Kadija
Špela Rozin
as Dubrovčanka
Pavle Vuisić
as Muftija
Ranko Gučevac
as Muselimov sluga
Rastislav Jović
as Uhoda
Olivera Katarina
as Kadinica
Dragomir Felba
as Hadži Sinanudin
Minja Vojvodić
as Stražar II
Velimir Živojinović
as Muselim
Abdurrahman Shala
as Tatarin
Veljko Mandić
as Karazaim
Aleksandar Berček
as Mladić
Janez Vrhovec
as Dubrovčanin
Voja Mirić
as Derviš Ahmed Nurudin
Boris Dvornik
as Hasan Dželevdžija