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The Somali Dervish

19851.0 / 10270 min
Drama

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

Osman Mahaud Omar

Muhammad Abdullah Hassan

Yusuf Haji Adan

Yusuf Haji Adan

Haji Suudi

Hassan Abdulle

Hassan Abdulle

Ismail Mire

Mohamud Ise Omar

Mohamud Ise Omar

Abdalla Shihiri

Peter Sorivener

Peter Sorivener

Richard Corfield

Norman Pritchard

Norman Pritchard

Gibb

Andrew Hayman

Andrew Hayman

Archer

Ali Khan

Ali Khan

Pestalozza

Johnson

Johnson

Sir Reginald

Mark Crocker

Mark Crocker

General Rudolf Slatin

Robert Koepp

Robert Koepp

Commissioner Cordeaux

Russ Milleson

Russ Milleson

General Manning

Peter Hesham

Peter Hesham

Colonel Swayne

Gary Bivings

Gary Bivings

Colonel Plunkett

Crew

Abdulkadir Ahmed Said

Abdulkadir Ahmed Said

Director

Said Salah

Said Salah

Director

Yolb Wadaag

Yolb Wadaag

Writer