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.
Cast
Voja 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
Unknown
Ljuba Kovačević
Bjegunac
Ranko Gučevac
Muselimov sluga
Dragomir Felba
Hadži Sinanudin
Ivan Jonaš
Tamničar
Aleksandar Berček
Mladić
Janez Vrhovec
Dubrovčanin
Ulfeta Mataradžić
Unknown
Rastislav Jović
Uhoda
Petar Spajić 'Suljo'
Dizdar
Dragan Vojnović
Unknown
Vojkan Pavlović
Unknown
Minja Vojvodić
Stražar II
Bogdan Jakuš
Stražar I
Usnija Redžepova
Pevačica
Andrej Gardenin
(uncredited)
Crew
Zdravko Velimirović
Director, Writer
Borislav Mihajlović 'Mihiz'
Novel
Meša Selimović
Novel
Iva Kosi
Editor
Nenad Jovičić
Director of Photography
Vefik Hadžismajlović
Assistant Director
Đorđe Vujović
Assistant Director
Vlastimir Gavrik
Production Design
Ljiljana Dragović
Costume Design
Petar Živković
Pyrotechnician
Marija Kordić
Makeup Artist
Šukrija Šarkić
Makeup Artist
Ljubomir Petek
Sound
Zoran Hristić
Original Music Composer
Dragan Resner
Still Photographer
Slavoljub Plavšić 'Zvonce'
Stunts
Miljenko Dereta
Assistant Director Trainee
Đorđe Milojević
Production Manager
Slobodan Mijačević
Art Direction
