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When Father Was Away on Business(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 1985-01-15
73%
123 Votes
Time: 2h 16m
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.
Languages: Serbo-Croatian.
Countries:
Yugoslavia
ProductionCompanies: 
Forum Sarajevo
Centar film
Sutjeska Film
Movie: When Father Was Away on Business
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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