The Dervish and Death

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

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