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Emir Kusturica

Otac na sluzbenom putu (When Father Was Away on Business)

Edition 1985
136' - 1985 - Historical, Drama - Dialogue: Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian
Director: Emir Kusturica Composer: Zoran Simjanovic With: Moreno D'E Bartolli, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic
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. One 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 his young son Malik,who believes the mother's story about father being "away on business".

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Credits

Director

Emir Kusturica

Composer

Zoran Simjanovic

With

Moreno D'E Bartolli, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic

Scenario

Abdulah Sidran

Director of Photography

Vilko Filac

Editor

Andrija Zafranovic

Producer

Mirza Pasic

More information

Dialogue

Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian

Countries of production

Yugoslavia

Year

1985

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