Movie: When Father Was Away on Business

Top 10 Billed Cast

Moreno de Bartoli
Moreno de Bartoli

Malik

Miki Manojlović
Miki Manojlović

Mehmed 'Meša' Zolj, otac

Mirjana Karanović
Mirjana Karanović

Senija 'Sena' Zolj, majka

Mustafa Nadarević
Mustafa Nadarević

Zijah 'Zijo' Zulfikarpašić

Mira Furlan
Mira Furlan

Ankica Vidmar

Predrag Laković
Predrag Laković

Kućepazitelj Franjo

Pavle Vuisić
Pavle Vuisić

Muzafer Zulfikarpašić, dedo

Slobodan Aligrudić
Slobodan Aligrudić

Ostoja Cekić

Eva Ras
Eva Ras

Ilonka Petrović

Aco Gjorčev
Aco Gjorčev

Dr. Jevgeni Ljahov

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When Father Was Away On Business [Otac Na Sluzbenom Putu] (1985), Yugoslavia - Emir Kusturica

When Father Was Away On Business [Otac Na Sluzbenom Putu] (1985), Yugoslavia - Emir Kusturica - Clip

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