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Rumi: Poet of the Heart (1998)

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Released January 1, 1998Runtime 0h 58mDirector Haydn Reiss

In 1244, Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi scholar in Konya, Turkey, met an itinerant dervish, Shams of Tabriz. A powerful friendship ensued. When Shams died, the grieving Rumi gripped a pole in his garden, and turning round it, began reciting imagistic poetry about inner life and love of God. After Rumi's death, his son founded the Mevlevi Sufi order, the whirling dervishes. Lovers of Rumi's poems comment on their power and meaning, including religious historian Huston Smith, writer Simone Fattal, poet Robery Bly, and Coleman Barks, who reworks literal translations of Rumi into poetic English. Musicians accompany Barks and Bly as they recite their versions of several of Rumi's ecstatic poems.

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Cast of Rumi: Poet of the Heart

Debra Winger

Debra Winger

Narrator (voice)
Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra

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Rumi: Poet of the Heart stars Debra Winger, Rumi, Coleman Barks, Robert Bly, Deepak Chopra.

Who directed Rumi: Poet of the Heart?

Rumi: Poet of the Heart was directed by Haydn Reiss.

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Rumi: Poet of the Heart has a runtime of 0h 58m.

What is Rumi: Poet of the Heart about?

In 1244, Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi scholar in Konya, Turkey, met an itinerant dervish, Shams of Tabriz. A powerful friendship ensued. When Shams died, the grieving Rumi gripped a pole in his garden, and turning round it, began reciting imagistic poetry about inner life and love of God. After Rumi's death, his son founded the Mevlevi Sufi order, the whirling dervishes. Lovers of Rumi's poems comment on their power and meaning, including religious historian Huston Smith, writer Simone Fattal, poet Robery Bly, and Coleman Barks, who reworks literal translations of Rumi into poetic English. Musicians accompany Barks and Bly as they recite their versions of several of Rumi's ecstatic poems.