When Father Was Away on Business

Jan 15, 1985

2h 16m

★ 7.3

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Forum Sarajevo

Centar film

Sutjeska Film

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Cast

Malik

Moreno de Bartoli

Mehmed 'Meša' Zolj, otac

Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović

Senija 'Sena' Zolj, majka

Mirjana Karanović

Zijah 'Zijo' Zulfikarpašić

Mustafa Nadarević

Ankica Vidmar

Mira Furlan

Kućepazitelj Franjo

Predrag Laković

Muzafer Zulfikarpašić, dedo

Pavle Vuisić

Ostoja Cekić

Slobodan Aligrudić

Ilonka Petrović

Eva Ras

Dr. Jevgeni Ljahov

Aco Gjorčev

Fahro Zulfikarpašić

Emir Hadžihafizbegović

Brko Pilot

Zoran Radmilović

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