Kolya
Kolya is an award-winning 1996 Czech Republic motion picture drama that demonstrates how lives can be reshaped in unexpected ways.
Frantisek Louka, a middle-aged Czechoslovakian man dedicated to bachelorhood and the pursuit of women, is a concert cellist who has been blacklisted by the communist government authority. He is struggling to eke out a living, playing funerals at the Prague crematorium but almost oblivious to the atmosphere of political anxiety that surrounds him as the Soviet empire begins to disintegrate. A friend offers him a chance to earn a great deal of money through a sham marriage to a Russian woman to save her from being deported. However, frightened that the authorities will discover their fraud, the woman flees to West Germany, leaving behind her Russian-speaking five-year-old son for the disgruntled Czech musician to look after.
Production:
- Director: Jan Sverák
- Producer: Eric Abraham, Jan Sverak
- Screenplay: Zdenek Sverák
- Cinematography: Vladimír Smutný
- Music: Ondrej Soukup, Bedrich Smetana
Running time: 105 min.
Primary cast:
- Andrei Chalimon - Kolya
- Zdenek Sverák - Louka
- Libuse Safránková - Klara
- Ondrej Vetchý - Mr. Broz
- Stella Zázvorková - Maminka
Awards:
Categories: 1996 films | Drama films | Czech films