Forgotten Light
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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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26 people
Bolek Polívka
Vicar Holý
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Veronika Žilková
Marjánka
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Jiří Lábus
Vicar Kubišta
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Jaromíra Mílová
Betina
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Petr Kavan
Francek
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Jiří Pecha
Klíma
Known for
Divided We Fall
Simona Peková
Olina Klímová
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Filter
Hana Frejková
Novačka
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Lore
Missing
Ivo Kubečka
Novák
Known for
Sauna
Soňa Valentová
Dr. Prokopová
Known for
Witchhammer
Roman Mecnarowski
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Případ žárlivého muže
The Assistant
Miroslav Knoz
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Vladimír Michálek Director · Milena Jelínková Screenplay Jakub Deml Author
United States release December 19, 1996 · Produced in Czechia · Production Česká televize
Production
Studio FÁMA 92
Production
Česká televize
Production
Czechia
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Original title
Zapomenuté světlo
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · December 19, 1996
Theatrical
United States · December 19, 1996
Theatrical
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