May 15, 1996
105 min
Full-HD

Kolya (1996)

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.

Category

Drama Comedy

Country

Czech Republic United Kingdom France

Companies

Space Films Pandora Cinema Portobello Pictures Biograf Jan Svěrák CinemArt Česká televize

Zdeněk Svěrák

František Louka

Andrei Khalimon

Kolya

Libuše Šafránková

Klára

Ondřej Vetchý

Brož

Stella Zázvorková

Mom

Ladislav Smoljak

Houdek

Irina Bezrukova

Nadezda

Silvia Šuvadová

Blanka

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