Kolya (film)
| Kolya | |
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Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jan Svěrák |
| Written by | Zdeněk Svěrák |
| Produced by | Eric Abraham Jan Svěrák |
| Starring | Zdeněk Svěrák Andrey Khalimon Libuše Šafránková |
| Cinematography | Vladimír Smutný |
| Edited by | Alois Fišárek |
| Music by | Ondřej Soukup |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Space Films (Czech Republic) Miramax Films (International) |
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Running time | 111 minutes (original version) 105 minutes (international version) |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Languages | Czech Slovak Russian |
| Budget | CZK 28 million (app. $1 million) |
| Box office | $7.7 million |
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. Kolya earned critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.