Kolya
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| Kolya | |
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 original movie poster |
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| Directed by | Jan Svěrák |
| Produced by | Eric Abraham Jan Svěrák |
| Written by | Zdeněk Svěrák |
| Starring | Zdeněk Svěrák Andrei Chalimon Libuše Šafránková |
| Music by | Ondřej Soukup Bedřich Smetana |
| Cinematography | Vladimír Smutný |
| Editing by | Alois Fišárek |
| Distributed by | Space Films |
| Release date(s) |  May, 1996 (premiere at Cannes) 15 May, 1996 24 January 1997 3 April 1997 9 May 1997 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Language | Czech, Slovak and Russian |
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Kolya is a 1996 Czech film drama about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way.
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[edit] Synopsis
The action takes place during the last years of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia, at a time when the Soviet bloc begins to disintegrate. František Louka, a middle-aged Czech man dedicated to bachelorhood and the pursuit of women, is a concert cellist struggling to eke out a living by playing funerals at the Prague crematorium. He has lost his previous job at the philharmonic orchestra due to having been half-accidentally blacklisted as "politically unreliable" by the authorities. A friend offers him a chance to earn a great deal of money through a sham marriage to a Russian woman to enable her to stay in Czechoslovakia. However, the woman uses her Czechoslovak citizenship to emigrate and join her boyfriend in West Germany. Due to a concurrence of circumstances that remain partly unclear, she has to leave behind her Russian-speaking five-year-old son, Kolya, for the disgruntled Czech musician to look after. Gradually, a bond forms between Louka and Kolya.
[edit] Principal cast
| Role | Actor |
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| Kolya | Andrei Chalimon |
| Louka | Zdeněk Svěrák |
| Klára | Libuše Šafránková |
| Mr. Brož | Ondřej Vetchý |
| Louka's mother | Stella Zázvorková |
[edit] Awards
[edit] External links
- Kolya at the Internet Movie Database
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| Preceded by Antonia's Line |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1996 |
Succeeded by Character |
| Preceded by Les Misérables |
Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film 1997 |
Succeeded by Ma vie en rose |
