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.
as Derviš Ahmed Nurudin
as Muselim
as Hasan Dželevdžija
as Kadinica
as Dubrovčanka
as Mula Jusuf
as Kadija
as Tatarin
as Muftija
as Karazaim
as Šahista Malik
as Bjegunac
as Muselimov sluga
as Hadži Sinanudin
as Tamničar
as Mladić
as Dubrovčanin
as Uhoda
as Dizdar
as Stražar II
as Stražar I
as Pevačica
as (uncredited)
