The Somali Dervish(1985)
movie - first aired/released 1985-01-01 - 270 min - audience 1.0
Drama
Directed by Abdulkadir Ahmed Said, Said Salah
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
- Osman Mahaud OmarMuhammad Abdullah Hassan
- Yusuf Haji AdanHaji Suudi
- Hassan AbdulleIsmail Mire
- Mohamud Ise OmarAbdalla Shihiri
- Peter SorivenerRichard Corfield
- Norman PritchardGibb
- Andrew HaymanArcher
- Ali KhanPestalozza
- JohnsonSir Reginald
- Mark CrockerGeneral Rudolf Slatin
- Robert KoeppCommissioner Cordeaux
- Russ MillesonGeneral Manning
- Peter HeshamColonel Swayne
- Gary BivingsColonel Plunkett
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