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Where to Watch Kolya (1997) in the US
- 1997
- PG-13
- 1h 51m
- 7.7IMDb
- 96%Rotten Tomatoes
Kolya is available to rent in the United States.
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What it's about
Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady's man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by playing at funerals and painting tombstones. But he has run up a large debt, and when his friend, the grave-digger Mr. Broz, suggests a scheme for making a lot of money by marrying a Russian woman so that she can get her Czech papers, he reluctantly agrees. She takes advantage of the situation to emigrate to West Germany, to her lover; and leaves her five-year-old son with his grandmother; when the grandmother dies, Kolya must come and live with his stepfather - Louka.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Jan Sverák
- Writer
- Pavel Taussig, Zdenek Sverák
- Starring
- Zdenek Sverák, Andrey Khalimon, Libuse Safránková
Details
- Release date
- Jan 24, 1997
- Language
- Czech, Russian, Slovak
- Country
- Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France
- Box office
- $5,770,254
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 21 wins & 14 nominations total
Where to Watch Kolya (1997) in the US — common questions
- Where to watch Kolya in the United States?
- Kolya is available to rent in the United States. Rent the movie on Apple TV Store and Prime Video.
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- We have not confirmed a free option for Kolya in the United States.
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