The Dervish and Death (1974)
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.
Cast
Derviš Ahmed Nurudin
Muselim
Šahista Malik
Bjegunac
Muselimov sluga
Hadži Sinanudin
Tamničar
Mladić
Dubrovčanin
Uhoda
Hasan Dželevdžija
Dizdar
Stražar II
Stražar I
Pevačica
(uncredited)
Kadinica
Dubrovčanka
Mula Jusuf
Kadija
Tatarin
Muftija
Karazaim
Crew
Director
Writer
Novel
