Kolya Movie Review 1996

Set in the late '80s, just before the Velvet Revolution ended Soviet domination of Czechoslovakia, womanizing Prague cellist Louka (Sverak) agrees to marry (for money) the Russian Klara (Safrankova) who wants Czech papers. She soon clears out to join her lover in Berlin and Louka finds himself saddled with her five-year-old son, Kolya (Chaliman). Grumpy Louka isn't obvious dad material and they don't even speak the same language but the kid (who's adorable without being cloying) manages to worm his way into his new life. Czech with subtitles or dubbed.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from Czech.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Dads, Childhood Visions, Parenthood

Screenplay

Zdenek Sverak

Cast

Zdenek Sverak, Andrej Chalimon, Libuse Safrankova

Cinematography

Vladimir Smutny

Director

Jan Sverak

Music

Ondrej Soukup

Producer

Eric Abraham, Jan Sverak, Portobello Pictures, Miramax Films

Awards

Oscars 1996: Foreign Film; Golden Globes 1997: Foreign Film.