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When Father Was Away on Business

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Calorie Rating: 191
Released: 1985-01-15
Running Time: 136 Minutes
Studios: Forum Sarajevo, Centar film, Sutjeska Film,


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.

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Cast

Moreno de Bartoli
Character: Malik
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
Character: Mehmed 'Meša' Zolj, otac
Mirjana Karanović
Character: Senija 'Sena' Zolj, majka

Mustafa Nadarević
Character: Zijah 'Zijo' Zulfikarpašić
Mira Furlan
Character: Ankica Vidmar
Predrag Laković
Character: Kućepazitelj Franjo

Pavle Vuisić
Character: Muzafer Zulfikarpašić, dedo
Slobodan Aligrudić
Character: Ostoja Cekić
Eva Ras
Character: Ilonka Petrović

Aco Gjorčev
Character: Dr. Jevgeni Ljahov
Emir Hadžihafizbegović
Character: Fahro Zulfikarpašić
Zoran Radmilović
Character: Brko Pilot

Jelena Čović
Character: Nataša
Tomislav Gelić
Character: Berberin Hamdo
Davor Dujmović
Character: Mirza Malkoč, brat

Zaim Muzaferija
Character: Predsjednik

Božidarka Frajt
Character: Doktorova žena
Haris Burina
Character: Ostojin šofer



Saša Petrović
Character: Kum (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Predrag Lukovac
Production Design
Zoran Simjanović
Original Music Composer

Vilko Filač
Director of Photography

Divna Jovanović
Costume Design