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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.
Released: 1996-05-15105 minDir: Jan SvěrákDrama, ComedyBudget: $1.0MBox office: $7.6M
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
Article
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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1990s Czech-language films1996 Czech films1996 drama films1996 films1996 multilingual films1996 Russian-language filmsBest Foreign Language Film Golden Globe winnersBest International Feature Film Academy Award winnersCzech Lion Awards winners (films)Czech multilingual filmsCzech PhilharmonicCzech Republic–Russia relations