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.
Voja Mirić
as Derviš Ahmed Nurudin
Velimir Živojinović
as Muselim
Boris Dvornik
as Hasan Dželevdžija
Olivera Katarina
as Kadinica
Špela Rozin
as Dubrovčanka
Faruk Begolli
as Mula Jusuf
Branko Pleša
as Kadija
Abdurrahman Shala
as Tatarin
Pavle Vuisić
as Muftija
Veljko Mandić
as Karazaim
Rejhan Demirdžić
as Šahista Malik
Safet Pašalić
as
