When Father Was Away on Business
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
136 min
Release Date
1985-01-15
Status
Released
Original Language
Vote Count
127
Vote Average
7.3
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
Emir Hadžihafizbegović
Fahro Zulfikarpašić
Zoran Radmilović
Brko Pilot
Jelena Čović
Nataša
Tomislav Gelić
Berberin Hamdo
Davor Dujmović
Mirza Malkoč, brat
Amer Kapetanović
Silvija Marijanović Puharić
Zaim Muzaferija
Predsjednik
Božidarka Frajt
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Haris Burina
Ostojin šofer
Siniša Dugarić
Milijana Zirojević
Dimitrije Vujović
Vejsil Pećanin
Jasmin Geljo
Nebojša Šurlan
Fahrudin Ahmetbegović
Aleksandar 'Saša' Zurovac
Mirsad Zulić
Saša Petrović
Kum (uncredited)
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