When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
2h 16m
Running Time
January 15, 1985
Release Date
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
2h 16m
Running Time
January 15, 1985
Release Date
Plot.
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 many arrested unfortunates. His family is now forced to cope with the situation and wait for his release from prison.
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Cast & Crew.
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 Rilović
Brko Pilot
Jelena Čović
Nataša
Tomislav Gelić
Berberin Hamdo
Davor Dujmović
Mirza Malkoč, brat
Zaim Muzaferija
Predsjednik
Božidarka Frajt
Doktorova žena
Haris Burina
Ostojin šofer
Saša Petrović
Kum (uncredited)
Emir Kusturica
Director
Abdulah Sidran
Writer
Predrag Lukovac
Production Design
Andrija Zafranović
Editor
Zoran Simjanović
Original Music Composer
Divna Jovanović
Costume Design
Mirza Pašić
Producer
Vilko Filač
Director of Photography
Amer Kapetanović
Nebojša Šurlan
Jasmin Geljo
Vejsil Pećanin
Dimitrije Vujović
Milijana Zirojević
Siniša Dugarić
Silvija Marijanović Puharić
Fahrudin Ahmetbegović
Aleksandar 'Saša' Zurovac
Mirsad Zulić
Media.
Details.
Release Date
January 15, 1985
Original Name
Otac na službenom putu
Status
Released
Running Time
2h 16m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
yugoslavia
loss of loved one
muslim
difficult childhood
anti-communism
circumcision
communism
1950s
Wiki.
When Father Was Away on Business (Serbo-Croatian: Otac na službenom putu, Отац на службеном путу) is a 1985 Yugoslav film by director Emir Kusturica. The screenplay was written by the dramatist Abdulah Sidran. Its subtitle is A Historical Love Film and it was produced by Centar Film and Forum, production companies based in Sarajevo.
Set in post-World War II Yugoslavia during the Informbiro period, the film tells the story from the perspective of a boy, Malik, whose father Meša (Miki Manojlović) was sent to a labour camp. When Father Was Away on Business won the Palme d'Or at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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