
AspartoftheOttomanEmpire,sectionsofYugoslaviawereunderIslamicTurkishruleuntilaslateasthe19thcentury.AmongthedifferentflavorsofbeliefpracticedinIslamisamysticalvarietyknownasSufism,whichhasanoffshootgroupoffollowersknownasDervishes.SincepeopleintheBalkansinherittheirreligiousaffiliationsalongwiththeirnames,intimetheterm"Dervish"cametoindicateaperson'sclanallegianceasmuchasagroup'sreligiousbeliefs.Inthisstory,anhonestandthoughtfulyoungDervishisappalledwhenhisbrotheristorturedandkilledbyMuslimauthorities.WhenachangeingovernmentinIstanbulleadstheyoungDervishtoreplacehisbrother'smurderersinauthority,hehopestochangethegovernment'soppressivewaysinhisregionbutconfrontscomplexpoliticsandbureaucraticinertia.<br/> HeadoftheDervishislamicsectisdeeplyaffectedbythearrestandexecutionofhisinnocentbrother.Repayingwithevil,thedervishmanagestodestroygoverningpeopleand,believinginjustice,takesoverthegoverningbyhimself.Buttheoldgovernment,withchangedpersonsbutnotspiritofgoverning,willcrushhisillusionsandhimselfasaman.ScreeningofthesynonymousMesaSelimovic'snovel.<br/> Producer:AvalaFilm,BosnaFilm,CentarfilmskihradnihzajednicaSRSrbije,KosovaFilm,Pristina,Filmskistudio,Titograd,Zetafilm,Budva<br/> Writer:ZdravkoVelimirovic,BorislavMihajlovic-Mihiz<br/> Music:ZoranHristic<br/> Cinematographer:NenadJovicic<br/> Productiondesign:VlastimirGavrik<br/> Countryoforigin:Jugoslavija,BosnaiHercegovina,Srbija,Jugoslavija,Srbija,BosnaiHercegovina,CrnaGora<br/> Filmediting:IvaKosi<br/> Duration:105minutes<br/> System:Widescreen,color<br/> Premiere:12.7.1974.




