When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
15/01/1985
Drama
2h 16m
- 73% (131 votes)
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Overview
Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous, years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested unfortunates. His family is now forced to cope with the situation and wait for his release from prison.
- Emir KusturicaDirector
- Abdulah SidranWriter
Original Title
Otac na službenom putu
Status
Released
Original Language
Serbo-Croatian
Keywords
- muslim
- yugoslavia
- loss of loved one
- difficult childhood
- circumcision
- anti-communism
- communism
- 1950s
Top Billed Cast
Moreno de Bartoli
Malik
Miki Manojlović
Mehmed 'Meša' Zolj, otac
Mirjana Karanović
Senija 'Sena' Zolj, majka
Mustafa Nadarević
Zijah 'Zijo' Zulfikarpašić
Mira Furlan
Ankica Vidmar
Predrag Laković
Kućepazitelj Franjo
Pavle Vuisić
Muzafer Zulfikarpašić, dedo
Slobodan Aligrudić
Ostoja Cekić
Eva Ras
Ilonka Petrović
Aco Gjorčev
Dr. Jevgeni Ljahov
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