Kolya (film)

Kolya
Film poster
Directed byJan Svěrák
Written byZdeněk Svěrák
Produced byEric Abraham
Jan Svěrák
StarringZdeněk Svěrák
Andrey Khalimon
Libuše Šafránková
CinematographyVladimír Smutný
Edited byAlois Fišárek
Music byOndřej Soukup
Production
companies
Biograf Jan Svěrák
Pandora Cinema
Česká Televize
CinemArt
Portobello Pictures
Space Films
Distributed bySpace Films
Release date
  • 15 May 1996 (1996-05-15) (Czech Republic)
Running time
111 minutes (original)
105 minutes (US version)
CountryCzech Republic
LanguagesCzech, Slovak and Russian
BudgetCZK 28 million[1]
(app. $1 million)
Box office$7.7 million[2]

Kolya (Czech: Kolja) is a 1996 Czech drama film about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way. The film was directed by Jan Svěrák and stars his father, Zdeněk Svěrák, who also wrote the script from a story by Pavel Taussig.[3] Kolya earned critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[4]

  1. ^ Česká televize: Kolja – Co možná nevíte
  2. ^ worldwideboxoffice: Kolya
  3. ^ Thomas, Kevin (1997-01-24). "Father and Son Team Up in 'Kolya'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  4. ^ "The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 5 October 2015.