Kolya

Name: Kolya
Genre: Music, Drama, Comedy
Released: 1996-05-15
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Andrei Khalimon, Zdeněk Svěrák, Libuše Šafránková, Stella Zázvorková, Ondřej Vetchý

Kolja (1996)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

1996-05-15

Country

France, Czech Republic, United Kingdom

Production

Pandora Cinema, CNC, Česká televize, Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe, Portobello Pictures, Státní fond ČR pro podporu a rozvoj české kinematografie, Space Films, Biograf Jan Svěrák, CinemArt

Genre

Music, Drama, Comedy

Budget

$1 031 764

Revenue

$5 770 254

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Director

Jan Svěrák

Actors

Andrei Khalimon, Zdeněk Svěrák, Libuše Šafránková, Stella Zázvorková, Ondřej Vetchý, Nela Boudová, Silvia Šuvadová, Ladislav Smoljak, Liliyan Malkina, Karel Heřmánek
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Eric Abraham, Jan Svěrák

Operator

Vladimír Smutný

Composer

Ondřej Soukup

Artist

Jan Vlasák

Audition

Soňa Ticháčková

Editing

Alois Fišárek
All team (26)

Short description

After 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.

What's left behind the scenes

The filmmakers doubted the film's success: they believed a story about a Russian boy wouldn't be appealing to audiences, as the Eastern Bloc had recently collapsed and Czechoslovakia had freed itself from Soviet influence.
The scenes in the subway were filmed at the Anděl station, which was called “Moskovskaya” (Moscow) during the years of socialism. It still features a panorama of the city of Moscow and communist symbolism.

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