Drama

The Dervish and Death

Name: The Dervish and Death
Director: Zdravko Velimirović
Genre: Drama
Released: 1974-07-11
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Vojislav Mirić, Velimir Živojinović, Boris Dvornik, Olivera Katarina, Špela Rozin

July 11, 1974

1h 45m

6.3via TMDB

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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.

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