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Overview
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Release Date:
24 January 1997 (USA) moreTagline:
The perfect grouch has met his match. A five-year-old boy named Kolya.Plot:
Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady's man... more | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 19 wins & 11 nominations moreUser Comments:
A Thoughtful, Luminous Film moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Zdenek Sverák | ... | Frantisek Louka | |
| Andrei Chalimon | ... | Kolja | |
| Libuse Safránková | ... | Klára | |
| Ondrej Vetchý | ... | Broz | |
| Stella Zázvorková | ... | Mother | |
| Ladislav Smoljak | ... | Houdek | |
| Silvia Suvadova | ... | Blanka | |
| Liliya Malkina | ... | Tamara (as Lilian Malkina) | |
| Karel Hermánek | ... | Musil | |
| Petra Spalková | ... | Pasa | |
| Irina Livanova | ... | Nadezda | |
| Magda Sebestová | ... | Zuzana | |
| Nella Boudová | ... | Brozová | |
| René Pribil | ... | Pokorný | |
| Miroslav Táborský | ... | Novotný |
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Rated PG-13 for some sensuality.Parents Guide:
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105 minCountry:
Czech RepublicColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby SRCertification:
Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Taiwan:GP | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (cable rating) | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Norway:A | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG-13 | UK:12Filming Locations:
Prague, Czech RepublicFun Stuff
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The child actor who plays Kolja, Andrei Chalimon, was not cast until three weeks before filming started. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: Throughout the movie, many background cars are clearly newer than 1989 models. The film is set in 1989. moreSoundtrack:
Slavonic Dance No. 15 in C Major moreFAQ
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What is a man to do who has resisted marriage until late middle age but then enters into a fraudulent marriage of convenience and ends up solely responsible for a five year old in the bargain? That is Franta Louka's dilemma in this beautiful film.
Louka, played by Zdenek Sverak who also wrote the screenplay, is a onetime philharmonic cellist who has lost his orchestra job because the Soviet era Czech communist powers-that-be deem him unreliable. As a consequence Louka has been reduced to playing at weddings and funerals and re-gilding cemetery tombstones. He has no car and is deeply in debt. In order to finance a car and reduce his debt Louka lets a coworker from the cemetery convince him to marry a Russian woman so that she can emigrate to the West. Louka reluctantly agrees and married the woman but the Russian decamps. This ultimately results in Louka becoming solely responsible for the woman's five year old boy -- who only speaks Russian.
Louka and the little boy's relationship is both believable and moving. "Kolya" is very nearly a great film. Highly, highly recommended. 9 out of 10.