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The Dervish and Death (1974)

The Dervish and Death (1974)

Drama
Release Date: 1974, July 11
Directors: Zdravko Velimirović
Countries: Yugoslavia
Production: Avala Film, Avala Film, Bosna Film, Bosna Film, Centar film, Centar film
Cast: Špela Rozin, Aleksandar Berček, Velimir Živojinović, Boris Dvornik, Minja Vojvodić, Ranko Gučevac, Dragomir Felba, Bogdan Jakuš, Branko Pleša, Abdurrahman Shala, Faruk Begolli, Janez Vrhovec

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.

Keywords:

islam muslim bosnia and herzegovina