The Dervish and Death

(1974)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1974

Runtime: 105 мин

Country: Yugoslavia

Director: Zdravko Velimirović

Cast: Voja Mirić, Velimir Živojinović, Boris Dvornik, Olivera Katarina, Špela Rozin, Faruk Begolli, Бранко Плеша, Abdurrahman Shala, Pavle Vuisić, Veljko Mandić

Plot

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.