5 Movies Starring Mustafa Nadarevic

When Father Was Away on Business

When Father Was Away on Business

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-10-11

Languages:

Serbian, Hungarian

Countries:

Yugoslavia

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (6127 Reviews)

Director:

Emir Kusturica

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

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".

The Perfect Circle

The Perfect Circle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-09-10

Languages:

Bosnian

Countries:

Bosnia and Herzegovina, France

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (1335 Reviews)

Director:

Ademir Kenovic

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Ademir Kenovic

Abdulah Sidran

Pjer Zalica

Fullplot:

An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The brothers have escaped a massacre in their own village and have come to the Bosnian capital in search of a long lost Aunt. The poet befriends the boys and together they try to survive the horror of the siege of Sarajevo.

Long Dark Night

Long Dark Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-03-07

Languages:

Croatian

Countries:

Croatia

Runtime:

200 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (592 Reviews)

Director:

Antun Vrdoljak

Genres:

DramaWar

Fullplot:

"Duga mraèna noè" is a story about Croatian partisans fight Hitler's troops during WWII.

Days and Hours

Days and Hours

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-08-20

Languages:

Bosnian

Countries:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (531 Reviews)

Director:

Pjer Zalica

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A man goes to his uncle's to fix a broken water heater, having no idea it will reunite their torn family and awaken painful, but priceless memories.

When Day Breaks

When Day Breaks

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-12-24

Languages:

Serbian

Countries:

Serbia, France, Croatia

Runtime:

78 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (391 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

The story of a retired music professor, Misha Brankov, who under unusual circumstances discovers his true origins. At the place where once stood a Nazi concentration camp for Jews during World War II, a metal box filled with documents is found. It was buried by an inmate Isaac Weiss in the year 1941. The professor finds out that his real parents, the Weiss's, gave him away to their friends, the Brankovs, just before they were taken into the camp. Inside the box there is an unfinished musical score, called "When day breaks", composed by the inmate Isaac Weiss. Searching for the truth about himself and his origins, Misha discovers the little-known truth about Judenlager Semlin camp, one of the worst Nazi execution sites in the heart of contemporary Belgrade. At the same time, the professor's obsession is to complete the composition, started by his father, and to perform it on the site of the former camp... which he, after many vicissitudes, finally succeeds.

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