When Father Was Away on Business

7.3 1985 136 min
Drama

In a post-WWII Yugoslavia still under Stalinist rule in the 1950s, six-year-old Malik is oblivious as to why his father, Mehmed, has suddenly disappeared. In truth, Mehmed has been sent to a labor camp as punishment for…

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Director
Emir Kusturica
Writer
Abdulah Sidran

Cast

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Moreno de Bartoli Malik
Predrag '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

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