Jan SvěrákCast
Zdeněk Svěrák Andrey Khalimon 
Libuše Šafránková Ondřej Vetchý Stella Zázvorková Ladislav Smoljak
Credits
Written by: Pavel Taussig
Plot
In late-communist Prague, a middle-aged cellist who lost his orchestra job takes a sham marriage with a Russian woman for money, but ends up looking after her five-year-old son.
Sinekatalog’s take
A warm, funny and touching crowd-pleaser.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (17,130 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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