The Somali Dervish (1985)
4h 30m
Running Time
January 1, 1985Release Date
The Somali Dervish (1985)
4h 30m
Running Time
January 1, 1985Release Date
Plot.
Centering on the revolutionary Dervish State and its influential leader, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan (the "Mad Mullah") is an epic on the grandest scale. The film follows Hassan's life from his roots as a humble mullah to a revolutionary anti-colonial leader that fought off the British Empire for more than two decades.
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Cast & Crew.
Osman Mahaud Omar
Muhammad Abdullah Hassan
Yusuf Haji Adan
Haji Suudi
Hassan Abdulle
Ismail Mire
Mohamud Ise Omar
Abdalla Shihiri
Peter Sorivener
Richard Corfield
Norman Pritchard
Gibb
Andrew Hayman
Archer
Ali Khan
Pestalozza
Johnson
Sir Reginald
Mark Crocker
General Rudolf Slatin
Robert Koepp
Commissioner Cordeaux
Russ Milleson
General Manning
Peter Hesham
Colonel Swayne
Gary Bivings
Colonel Plunkett
Abdulkadir Ahmed Said
Director
Said Salah
Director
Yolb Wadaag
Writer
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1985
Original NameDarwiishka Soomaaliyeed
StatusReleased
Running Time4h 30m
Budget$1,800,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
somalia
revolutionary
Wiki.
The Somali Dervish was an epic film directed by Said Salah and Amar Sneh between 1983 and 1985. It is one of the few full-length feature films to have been produced in Somalia.
With a budget of $1.8 million, the 4-hour-and-40-minute epic followed the life of Muhammad Abdullah Hassan, emir of Darawiish sultan Diiriye Guure of the revolutionary Darawiish anti-colonialists. Seven languages were used for film dialogue: Somali, Arabic, Italian, English, and three regional dialects. The movie included an actual descendant of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan as its star, Sheikh Osman Mohamoud Omar, and featured hundreds of actors and extras. Once thought to be lost, the movie was found in the National Film Archive of India in late 2019.