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7.3After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.
Cast
- Zdeněk Svěrák as František Louka
- Andrei Khalimon as Kolya
- Libuše Šafránková as Klára
- Ondřej Vetchý as Brož
- Stella Zázvorková as Mom
- Ladislav Smoljak as Houdek
Themes
- friendship
- concert
- escape
- funeral
- parent child relationship
- musician
- fictitious marriage
- despair
- revolution
- socialism
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jan Svěrák
- Written by
- Zdeněk Svěrák
- Produced by
- Eric Abraham , Jan Svěrák
- Starring
- Zdeněk Svěrák , Andrey Khalimon, Libuše Šafránková
- Cinematography
- Vladimír Smutný
- Edited by
- Alois Fišárek
- Music by
- Ondřej Soukup
- Production companies
- Biograf Jan Svěrák, Pandora Cinema, Česká Televize , CinemArt, Portobello Pictures, Space Films
- Distributed by
- Space Films (Czech Republic), Miramax Films (International)
- Release date
- 15 May 1996 ( 1996-05-15 ) (Czech Republic)
- Running time
- 111 minutes (original version), 105 minutes (international version)
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Languages
- Czech , Slovak , Russian
- Budget
- CZK 28 million , (app. $1 million)
- Box office
- $7.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 550327
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/kolya
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- publication date
- 1996-05-15
- title
- Kolja
- review score
- 96%
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Kolya (Czech: Kolja) is a 1996 Czech drama film about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way. The film was directed by Jan Svěrák and stars his father, Zdeněk Svěrák, who also wrote the script from a story by Pavel Taussig. Kolya earned critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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