The Dervish and Death
1974•1h 45m•6.3•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Zdravko Velimirović
Writer
Zdravko Velimirović
Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Studio
Avala Film
Cast
Vojislav 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
Rejhan Demirdžić
Šahista Malik
Safet Pašalić
Ljuba Kovačević
Bjegunac
Ranko Gučevac
Muselimov sluga
Dragomir Felba
Hadži Sinanudin
Production
Company
Avala Film
Company
Bosna Film
Company
Centar film
Recommended
6.2
Salomé
2013
5.9
The Padre
2018
5.8
Come Sunday
2018
7.2
Fatima
2020
6.6
Hands of Stone
2016
6.1
Five Minutes of Heaven
2009
6.3
Hala
2019
5.9
Winged Creatures
2009
6.3
Rogue Agent
2022
7.5
The Good Lie
2014
7
The Young One
1960
6.5
Nothing Personal
2009
6.6
Trafficked
2017
6
The Cut
2025
7.1
The Message
1976
5.8
The Ritual Killer
2023
6.6
The Good Neighbor
2022
6
Run
1991
7.4
Hunting Season
2025
7.8
Charm City Kings
2020
Similar Movies
6.9
Paradise Now
2005
7.6
Gandhi
1982
6.3
The Siege
1998
5.7
Words with Gods
2014
10
Desi Standard Time Travel
2022
7.4
The Collaborator
2007
6.6
The Four Feathers
2002
6.6
A Little Bit of Soul
1987
6.2
Swedish Package Holiday
1989
5.5
Mama's Boy
2013
10
Ensemble
2010
7.6
Malcolm X
1992
7.1
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
6.5
Ae Fond Kiss...
2004
6.8
Love and Rage
1978
5.5
Fraulein
2006
6.7
Not Without My Daughter
1991
8
Jakarta Twilight
2011
6.9
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
2006
7.5
The Mongols
1973