Kolya (1996)

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105 min - Comedy | Drama | Music - 24 January 1997 (USA)

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Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady's man... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Zdenek Sverák	...	Louka
	Andrei Chalimon	...	Kolja (as Andrej Chalimon)
	Libuse Safránková	...	Klára
	Ondrej Vetchý	...	Broz
	Stella Zázvorková	...	Mother
	Ladislav Smoljak	...	Houdek
	Irina Bezrukova	...	Nadezda (as Irina Livanova)
	Silvia Suvadova	...	Blanka
	Liliyan Malkina	...	Tamara (as Lilian Malkina)
	Karel Hermánek	...	Musil
	Petra Spalková	...	Pasa
	Nella Boudová	...	Brozová
	René Pribil	...	Pokorný
	Miroslav Táborský	...	Novotný
	Slávka Budínová	...	Bustiková

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Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady's man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by playing at funerals and painting tombstones. But he has run up a large debt, and when his friend, the grave-digger Mr. Broz, suggests a scheme for making a lot of money by marrying a Russian woman so that she can get her Czech papers, he reluctantly agrees. She takes advantage of the situation to emigrate to West Germany, to her lover; and leaves her five-year-old son with his grandmother; when the grandmother dies, Kolya must come and live with his stepfather - Louka. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>

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The perfect grouch has met his match. A five-year-old boy named Kolya.

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Comedy | Drama | Music

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality See all certifications »

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Czech Republic | UK | France

Language:

Czech | Russian | Slovak

Release Date:

24 January 1997 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Kola See more »

Filming Locations:

Prague, Czech Republic

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$37,795 (USA) (26 January 1997) (3 Screens)

Gross:

$5,730,711 (USA) (13 July 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Biograf Jan Sverak, Portobello Pictures, Pandora Cinema See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min | 111 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

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Trivia

The child actor who plays Kolja, Andrei Chalimon, was not cast until three weeks before filming started. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: After Kolya becomes lost on the subway network and is trying to negotiate the escalator, he is trying to step onto the left hand side of the up escalator. However, from Kolya's point of view shot, he is trying to step onto the right hand side of the up escalator. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Empties (2007) See more »

Soundtracks

"Als die alte Mutter mich noch lehrte singen (When My Old Mother...)"
(from "Cigánské melodie (Gypsy Melodies), op. 55")
Music by Antonín Dvorák See more »

Kolya (1996)
Kolja (original title)

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