---
title: 'When Father Was Away on Business (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Emir Kusturica'
released: '1985-01-15'
runtime_minutes: 136
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/when-father-was-away-on-business-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089748/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# When Father Was Away on Business (1985)

1985 · 136 min · Comedy, Drama · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Original title: Otac na službenom putu

## Synopsis

When Father Was Away on Business is a 1985 Yugoslav film by director Emir Kusturica. The screenplay was written by the dramatist Abdulah Sidran. Its subtitle is A Historical Love Film and it was produced by Centar Film and Forum, production companies based in Sarajevo.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Emir Kusturica](https://cinepixo.com/people/emir-kusturica)
- **Screenplay:** [Emir Kusturica](https://cinepixo.com/people/emir-kusturica), [Abdulah Sidran](https://cinepixo.com/people/abdulah-sidran)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Zoran Simjanović](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoran-simjanovic)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vilko Filač](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilko-filac)

## Cast

- [Slobodan Aligrudić](https://cinepixo.com/people/slobodan-aligrudic)
- [Davor Dujmović](https://cinepixo.com/people/davor-dujmovic)
- [Emir Hadžihafizbegović](https://cinepixo.com/people/emir-hadzihafizbegovic)
- [Predrag Laković](https://cinepixo.com/people/predrag-lakovic)
- [Pavle Vuisić](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavle-vuisic)
- [Mirjana Karanović](https://cinepixo.com/people/mirjana-karanovic)
- [Jasmin Geljo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jasmin-geljo)
- [Mira Furlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mira-furlan)
- [Mustafa Nadarević](https://cinepixo.com/people/mustafa-nadarevic)
- [Eva Ras](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-ras)
- [Miki Manojlović](https://cinepixo.com/people/miki-manojlovic)
- [Moreno D'E Bartolli](https://cinepixo.com/people/moreno-d-e-bartolli)
- [Božidarka Frajt](https://cinepixo.com/people/bozidarka-frajt)
- [Zoran Radmilović](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoran-radmilovic)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/when-father-was-away-on-business-1985
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