Film
The Somali Dervish
1985 · 4h 30m · Drama
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- 7.8
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Overview
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.
Cast
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
Crew
- Abdulkadir Ahmed SaidDirector
- Said SalahDirector
- Yolb WadaagWriter
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1985
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Somali
- Runtime
- 4h 30m
- Budget
- $1,800,000
- Genres
- Drama
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