The Somali Dervish was an epic film directed by Said Salah and Amar Sneh between 1983 and 1985.
[1] With a budget of $1.8 million, the 4-hour-and-40-minute epic followed the life of Muhammad Abdullah Hassan, emir of Darawiish sultan Diiriye Guure of the revolutionary Darawiish anti-colonialists.
Seven languages were used for film dialogue: Somali, Arabic, Italian, English, and three regional dialects.
The movie included an actual descendant of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan as its star, Sheikh Osman Mohamoud Omar, and featured hundreds of actors and extras.
[2] Once thought to be lost, the movie was found in the National Film Archive of India in late 2019.