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The Dervish and Death (Serbo-Croatian: Дервиш и смрт/Derviš i smrt) is a 1974 Yugoslav film directed by Zdravko Velimirović based on the novel of the same name by Meša Selimović.

The Dervish and Death
Directed by	Zdravko Velimirović
Written by	Zdravko Velimirović Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz Meša Selimović (Novel)
Starring	Voja Mirić Bata Živojinović Boris Dvornik Olivera Katarina Špela Rozin Faruk Begolli Branko Pleša Abdurrahman Shala Pavle Vujisić Veljko Mandić
Cinematography	Nenad Jovičić
Edited by	Iva Kosi
Music by	Zoran Hristić
Release date	1974 (1974)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Yugoslavia
Language	Serbo-Croatian

The film won Silver Arena (as second best film) and four Golden Arena awards at the 1974 Pula Film Festival, the Yugoslav national film awards festival, including Best Director (Zdravko Velimirović), Best Supporting Actor (Abdurrahman Shala), Best Cinematography (Nenad Jovičić) and Best Production Design (Vlastimir Gavrik).[1]

It was Yugoslavia's submission to the 47th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

Cast

• Voja Mirić as Ahmed Nurudin (the Dervish)
• Boris Dvornik as Hasan, his friend
• Bata Živojinović as Muselim
• Faruk Begolli as Mula Jusuf
• Veljko Mandic as Kara Zaim
• Olivera Katarina as Kadinica
• Dragomir Felba as Hadzi Sinanudin
• Pavle Vujisić as Mufti

See also

• Cinema of Yugoslavia
• List of submissions to the 47th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Death and the Dervish at IMDb
• Death and the Dervish at AllMovie

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