---
title: 'Kolya (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jan Svěrák'
released: '1996-05-15'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Czech Republic'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kolya-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116790/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kolya (1996)

1996 · 101 min · Drama, Comedy · Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France

Original title: Kolja
Part of: Trilogy about maturation

## Synopsis

Kolya 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jan Svěrák](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-sverak)
- **Producer:** [Jan Svěrák](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-sverak), [Eric Abraham](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-abraham)
- **Screenplay:** [Zdeněk Svěrák](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-sverak)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ondřej Soukup](https://cinepixo.com/people/ondrej-soukup)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vladimír Smutný](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-smutny)
- **Editor:** [Alois Fišárek](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-fisarek)

## Cast

- [Jana Altmannová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-altmannova)
- [Josef Lakatoš](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-lakatos)
- [Nela Boudová](https://cinepixo.com/people/nela-boudova)
- [Libuše Šafránková](https://cinepixo.com/people/libuse-safrankova) as Klára
- [Lubomír Píša](https://cinepixo.com/people/lubomir-pisa)
- [Jan Kašpar](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-kaspar)
- [František Xaver Thuri](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-xaver-thuri)
- [Karel Heřmánek](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-hermanek)
- [Lillian Malkina](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-malkina) as Tamara
- [Irina Bezrukova](https://cinepixo.com/people/irina-bezrukova)
- [Jiří Sovák](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-sovak)
- [Mykola Hejko](https://cinepixo.com/people/mykola-hejko)
- [Eva Klepáčová](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-klepacova)
- [Miroslav Táborský](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-taborsky)
- [Hana Militká](https://cinepixo.com/people/hana-militka)

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Official site: http://www.miramax.com/movie/kolya
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/kolya-1996
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1141186); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.