The Somali Dervish

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  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 270 min
  • Premiere: 1985. January 1.

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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Osman Mahaud Omar

Muhammad Abdullah Hassan

Yusuf Haji Adan

Haji Suudi

Hassan Abdulle

Ismail Mire

Mohamud Ise Omar

Abdalla Shihiri

Peter Sorivener

Richard Corfield

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

Directing

Said Salah

Director

Writing

Yolb Wadaag

Writer

Directing

Said Salah

Director

Writing

Yolb Wadaag

Writer