

Kolya
1996-05-15 · 105 min · ★ 7.4
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Jan Svěrák
- Production companies
- Space Films, Pandora Cinema, Portobello Pictures, Biograf Jan Svěrák, CinemArt, Česká televize
- Countries
- Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 1,031,764
- Revenue
- USD 7,566,841
Top Cast
Zdeněk SvěrákFrantišek Louka
Libuše ŠafránkováKlára
Ondřej VetchýBrož
Stella ZázvorkováMom
Ladislav SmoljakHoudek
Irina BezrukovaNadezda
Silvia ŠuvadováBlanka
Liliyan MalkinaAunt Tamara
Karel HeřmánekMusil
Petra ŠpalkováPaša
Nela BoudováBrožová
René PřibilPokorný
Miroslav TáborskýNovotný
Slávka BudínováBuštíková
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