Film record

Kolya

Original title: Kolja

1997Feature film101 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United Kingdom · France · Czech Republic
Languages
Russian · Czech
Genres
comedy film · drama film

Credits

Direction

Jan Svěrák — Directing

Cast

Zdeněk Svěrák — Acting (František Louka)
Libuše Šafránková — Acting (Klára)
Andrei Chalimon — Acting (Kolja)
Ondřej Vetchý — Acting (pan Brož)
Nela Boudová — Acting
Stella Zázvorková — Acting (matka)
Marek Daniel — Acting
Pavel Vondruška — Acting
Jiří Sovák — Acting
Rafael Kubelík — Acting
Ladislav Smoljak — Acting (pan Houdek)
René Přibil — Acting
Irina Bezrukova — Acting
Silvia Šuvadová — Acting
Lillian Malkina — Acting (Tamara)
Karel Heřmánek — Acting
Petra Špalková — Acting
Slávka Budínová — Acting
Regina Rázlová — Acting
Pavel Taussig — Acting
Miriam Chytilová — Acting
Otmar Brancuzský — Acting
Filip Renč — Acting
Eva Klepáčová — Acting
Jan Kašpar — Acting
Jana Altmannová — Acting
Mykola Hejko — Acting
Emma Černá — Acting
Hana Militká — Acting
Pavel Pecháček — Acting
Netta Deborská — Acting
Lída Rakušanová — Acting
Lena Birková — Acting
Věra Uzelacová — Acting
Luboš Bíža — Acting
Petr Šplíchal — Acting
Josef Lakatoš — Acting
Lubomír Píša — Acting

Writing

Zdeněk Svěrák — Screenwriting

Production

Jan Svěrák — Production
Eric Abraham — Production

Music

Ondřej Soukup — Music composition

Cinematography

Vladimír Smutný — Cinematography

Editing

Alois Fišárek — Editing

Art department

Miloš J. Kohout — Production design

Costume

Katarína Hollá — Costume design
Documented participation

Film companies and organizations

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Distribution

iTunes

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

No versions have been documented yet.

Releases by territory

Czech Republic · Original release
17 Jul 1997Checked 16 Sep 2026
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