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The Somali Dervish

Name: The Somali Dervish
Genre: Drama
Released: 1985-01-01
Duration: 270 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Osman Mahaud Omar, Yusuf Haji Adan, Hassan Abdulle, Mohamud Ise Omar, Peter Sorivener

19854h 30mDirected by Abdulkadir Ahmed Said

Drama

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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