Forgotten Light
Zapomenuté svetlo 18+Synopsis
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)
Country
Czechia
Runtime
1 hour 45 minutes
Production year
1996
World premiere
19 December 1996
Release date
| 19 December 1996 | Czechia | U | |
| 19 December 1996 | USA |
Also known as
Zapomenuté svetlo, Elfelejtett fény, Forgotten Light, Zapomniane światło
Director
Vladimír Michálek
Cast
Bolek Polívka
Veronika Zilková
Jiří Pecha
Simona Peková
Jiří Lábus
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