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.
Derviš Ahmed Nurudin

Muselim

Hasan Dželevdžija

Kadinica

Dubrovčanka

Mula Jusuf

Kadija

Tatarin

Muftija

Karazaim

Šahista Malik
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Bjegunac
Muselimov sluga

Hadži Sinanudin

Tamničar
Mladić

Dubrovčanin

Unknown Role
Uhoda

Dizdar
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Stražar II

Stražar I
Pevačica
(uncredited)