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The Dervish and Death(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-07-11
59%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
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.
Languages: Serbo-Croatian.
Countries:
Yugoslavia
ProductionCompanies: 
Bosna Film
Centar film
Movie: The Dervish and Death
Top 10 Billed Cast
Voja Mirić
Derviš Ahmed Nurudin
Velimir Živojinović
Muselim
Boris Dvornik
Hasan Dželevdžija
Olivera Katarina
Kadinica
Špela Rozin
Dubrovčanka
Faruk Begolli
Mula Jusuf
Branko Pleša
Kadija
Abdurrahman Shala
Tatarin
Pavle Vuisić
Muftija
Veljko Mandić
Karazaim
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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.
Release Date
1974-07-11
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5.9
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