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THE SOMALI DERVISH

Darwiishka Soomaaliyeed

Directed by Abdulkadir Ahmed Said, Said Saalah
Somalia, 1985
Action, Drama, History
  • 270270 minutes

Synopsis

Centering on the revolutionary Dervish State and its influential leader, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan 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.

Synopsis

Centering on the revolutionary Dervish State and its influential leader, Muhammad Abdullah Hassan 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.