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When Father Was Away on Business

7.3
15 January 1985 · Drama · 136 mins

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 acts of sexual indiscretion involving young girls. Malik's mother, Senija, however, has no answers, and the family must cope in the father's absence.

  • Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
    Predrag '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
  • Emir Hadžihafizbegović
    Emir Hadžihafizbegović
    Fahro Zulfikarpašić
  • Zoran Radmilović
    Zoran Radmilović
    Brko Pilot

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