Kolya

May 15, 1996

1h 45m

★ 7.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Space Films

Pandora Cinema

Portobello Pictures

Biograf Jan Svěrák

CinemArt

Česká televize

Kolya Trailers

Cast

František Louka

Zdeněk Svěrák

Kolya

Andrei Khalimon

Klára

Libuše Šafránková

Brož

Ondřej Vetchý

Mom

Stella Zázvorková

Houdek

Ladislav Smoljak

Nadezda

Irina Bezrukova

Blanka

Silvia Šuvadová

Aunt Tamara

Liliyan Malkina

Musil

Karel Heřmánek

Paša

Petra Špalková

Brožová

Nela Boudová

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