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About
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.
Theatrical
May 15, 1996
Box Office
$7.6M
Budget
$1.0M
Return
7.3x
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Space Films, Pandora Cinema, Portobello Pictures, Biograf Jan Svěrák, CinemArt, Česká televize
Original Title
Kolja
Original Language
CS
Keywords
parent child relationship
socialism
fictitious marriage
revolution
despair
crematorium
language barrier
cellist
prague, czech republic
cello
funeral
musician
ban from profession
political instability
trabant
concert
friendship
teacher
escape
best friend
single father
responsibility
father figure
understanding
communism
czech republic
kids
Cast
Full credits →Z
Zdeněk Svěrák
František Louka
L
Libuše Šafránková
Klára
O
Ondřej Vetchý
Brož
S
Stella Zázvorková
Mom
L
Ladislav Smoljak
Houdek
I
Irina Bezrukova
Nadezda
S
Silvia Šuvadová
Blanka
L
Liliyan Malkina
Aunt Tamara
K
Karel Heřmánek
Musil
P
Petra Špalková
Paša
N
Nela Boudová
Brožová
R
René Přibil
Pokorný
M
Miroslav Táborský
Novotný
S
Slávka Budínová
Buštíková
J
Jiří Sovák
Růžička
J
Josef Lakatos
N
Netta Deborská
P
Pavel Taussig
M
Marek Daniel
V
Věra Uzelacová
