The Dervish and Death

The Dervish and Death

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 for The Dervish and Death...

Voja Mirić
Derviš Ahmed Nurudin
Boris Dvornik
Hasan Dželevdžija
Špela Rozin
Dubrovčanka
Faruk Begolli
Mula Jusuf
Rejhan Demirdžić
Šahista Malik
Ranko Gučevac
Muselimov sluga
Dragomir Felba
Hadži Sinanudin
Ivan Jonaš
Tamničar
Janez Vrhovec
Dubrovčanin
Minja Vojvodić
Stražar II
Bogdan Jakuš
Stražar I
Andrej Gardenin
(uncredited)