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.

Country: Yugoslavia

Cast

Vojislav Mirić

Velimir Živojinović

Boris Dvornik

Olivera Katarina

Špela Rozin

Faruk Begolli

Branko Pleša

Abdurrahman Shala