Forgotten Light

Forgotten Light

1996
1h 45m
6.0

6.0/10

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Drama
Overview

Father Holy, a village priest, battles against the state and religious bureaucracies of 1980s Czechoslovakia in his fight to raise money for a new church roof. Permeated by his love for the villagers, his encounters are marked by his good humor. In his losing battle against Church and State, Holy is ordered to be transferred away from his parish and his allies. The Czech-American, Milena Jelinek, adapted this moving story from the the novel The Forgotten Light, by the 1930s Czech writer/poet and Catholic priest Jakub Deml. (1934)

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Production Information

Production Companies
Studio FÁMA 92 Česká televize
Production Countries
Czech Republic
Spoken Languages
Czech

Keywords

based on novel or book 1980s

Quick Facts

Original Title Zapomenuté světlo
Release Date December 19, 1996
Status Released
Language CS
IMDb ID tt0118213

Cast

Bolek Polívka
Bolek Polívka

Vicar Holý

Veronika Žilková
Veronika Žilková

Marjánka

Jiří Lábus
Jiří Lábus

Vicar Kubišta

Jaromíra Mílová
Jaromíra Mílová

Betina

Petr Kavan
Petr Kavan

Francek

Jiří Pecha
Jiří Pecha

Klíma

Simona Peková
Simona Peková

Olina Klímová

Hana Frejková
Hana Frejková

Novačka

Ivo Kubečka
Ivo Kubečka

Novák

Soňa Valentová
Soňa Valentová

Dr. Prokopová

Roman Mecnarowski
Roman Mecnarowski

Miroslav Knoz
Miroslav Knoz

Key Crew

Milena Jelínková
Screenplay
Vladimír Michálek
Director
Jana Tomsová
Executive Producer
Ivana Kačírková
Producer
Jana Tomsová
Producer
Alice Nemanská
Producer