Kolya
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jan Sverak
Zdenek Sverak
Andrej Chalimon
Libuse Safrankova
Ondrej Vetchy
Stella Zazvorkova
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Once a renowned cellist in the August Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, middle-aged bachelor, Frantisek Louka, now plays funerals at the city crematorium. Occupied by the Russians, Prague is on the eve of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. Louka has no idea that more than political change abounds. The personal revolution he is about to experience is just as unpredictable as the revolution outside his window. his entire life is interrupted when a friendly grave-digger proposes that Louka marry his distant Russian niece who needs Czech papers. No ties. No obligations. Just a signature in exchange for enough money to buy a small car and pay the rent. Resolved to maintain his bachelor lifestyle, Louka refuses. But when the grave-digger's niece turns out to be young and beautiful, he changes his mind. His bride quickly emigrates to Germany to join her lover, leaving behind her six year-old Russian son, Kolya. The young boy is left in Louka's care, inviting the turmoil of the country into his own small apartment.
Director
Jan Sverak
Cast
Zdenek Sverak
Andrej Chalimon
Libuse Safrankova
Ondrej Vetchy
Stella Zazvorkova
Ladislav Smoljak
Irena Livanova
Lilian Mankina
Petra Spalova
Nella Boudova
Rene Pribyl
Miroslav Taborsky
Slavka Budinova
Jiri Sovak
Sylvia Suvadova
Karel Hermanek
Olga Ceskova
Lida Rakusanova
Pavel Pecha
Vera Cermakova
Silvia Suvadova
Crew
Eric Abraham
Jan Carda
Valerie Dhiver
V G Dobrynin
Bozena Dosla
Juraj Durovic
Antonin Dvorak
Antonin Dvorak
Zdenek Fibich
Alois Fisarek
Milada Fischerova
Ilann Girard
Ernst Goldschmidt
Antonin Hansknecht
Nikola Hejko
Filip Heyduk
Katarina Holla
Slßvek Horßk
Daniela Humlova
Jiri Jezek
Milos J Kohout
Milos Kohout
Jiri Koubik
Pavel Kryml
Vladimir Kvarda
Boris Masnik
Felix Mendelssohn
Zbynek Mikulik
Zbynek Mikulik
Zbynek Mikulik
S A Osiasvili
Jaroslav Peterka
Frantisek Prihoda
Jaroslav Psenicka
David Rauch
Pavel Rejholec
Pavel Rejholec
Vaclav Sasek
Ellen Scafer
Jiri Simunek
Petr Sindelar
Mirko Skampa
Bedrich Smetana
Bedrich Smetana
Vladimír Smutný
Miroslav Snabl
Pavel Solc
Ondrej Soukup
Ondrej Soukup
Ivo Spalj
Josef Suk
Jan Sverak
Zdenek Sverak
Pavel Taussig
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sona Tichackova
Karel Vanasek
Anna Vasova
Aeoro Vodochody
Ivan Vorlicek
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Fast Lane) August 29 - September 9, 1996.
Film includes film extracts from "Rafael Kubelik" (1990), "The Fox, the Bear and the Motorcycle" (1973) and "November 1989" (1989).
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 30 - September 2, 1996.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) September 27 - October 6, 1996.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Fast Lane) August 29 - September 9, 1996.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 13 - March 2, 1997.)
Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 16-26, 1997.)
Released in United States Winter January 24, 1997
Expanded Release in United States January 31, 1997
Expanded Release in United States February 7, 1997
Expanded Release in United States February 14, 1997
Expanded Release in United States February 28, 1997
Released in United States March 1997 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 6-19, 1997.)
Expanded Release in United States March 7, 1997
Expanded Release in United States March 14, 1997
The Czech Republic
Winner of six Czech Lion film awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Libuse Safrankova), Best Supporting Actor (Andrei Chalimon) and Best Editing.
Winner of the Grand Prix and the accompanying Governor of Tokyo Award at the 1996 Tokyo International Film Festival.
Expanded Release in United States April 4, 1997
Expanded Release in United States February 14, 1997
Expanded Release in United States February 28, 1997
Expanded Release in United States February 7, 1997
Expanded Release in United States January 31, 1997
Expanded Release in United States March 14, 1997
Expanded Release in United States March 28, 1997
Expanded Release in United States March 7, 1997
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States January 1997
Released in United States March 1997
Released in United States on Video September 9, 1997
Released in United States September 1996
Released in United States Winter January 24, 1997
Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 13 - March 2, 1997.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 6-19, 1997.
Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 30 - September 2, 1996.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) September 27 - October 6, 1996.
Expanded Release in United States March 28, 1997
Expanded Release in United States April 4, 1997
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video September 9, 1997
