Directed by:
Emir KusturicaScreenplay:
Abdulah SidranCinematography:
Vilko FilacComposer:
Zoran SimjanovicCast:
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic, Mira Furlan, Pavle Vuisic, Slobodan Aligrudic, Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Davor Dujmovic, Eva Ras (more)Plots(1)
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. The story is told from the perspective of Malik, his young son who believes the mother's story about father being ”away on business”. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
Underground (1995)
Solemn Promise (2009)
Mirjana Karanovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Underground (1995)
Life Is Beautiful (1985)
Cabaret Balkan (1998)
Mira Furlan
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (TV movie)
Cirkus Columbia (2010)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Pavle Vuisic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)
Life Is Beautiful (1985)
Petrijin venac (1980)
Slobodan Aligrudic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Emir Hadzihafizbegovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Quo vadis, Aida? (2020)
Dobro ustimani mrtvaci (2005)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Davor Dujmovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Time of the Gypsies (1988)
Underground (1995)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Eva Ras
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Zoran Radmilovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
The Marathon Family (1982)
Sugar Water (1983)
Mustafa Nadarevic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
No Man's Land (2001)
The Perfect Circle (1997)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Božidarka Frajt
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Protest (1967)
Josef (2011)
Haris Burina
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
So Hot Was the Cannon (2014)
Dobro ustimani mrtvaci (2005)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Jasmin Geljo
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Snow (2008)
Predrag 'Pepi' Lakovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
Time of the Gypsies (1988)
Life Is Beautiful (1985)
Zaim Muzaferija
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Best movies:
Warriors (1999) (TV movie)
The Perfect Circle (1997)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)