The Somali Dervish
01/01/1985
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.
Movie Information
Osman Mahaud Omar
as Muhammad Abdullah Hassan
Yusuf Haji Adan
as Haji Suudi
Hassan Abdulle
as Ismail Mire
Mohamud Ise Omar
as Abdalla Shihiri
Peter Sorivener
as Richard Corfield
Norman Pritchard
as Gibb
Andrew Hayman
as Archer
Ali Khan
as Pestalozza
Johnson
as Sir Reginald
Mark Crocker
as General Rudolf Slatin
Robert Koepp
as Commissioner Cordeaux
Russ Milleson
as General Manning
Peter Hesham
as Colonel Swayne
Gary Bivings
as Colonel Plunkett
