Forgotten Light
Directed by Vladimír Michálek1996 1h 45mDrama
7.26.3
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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Forgotten Light was released on December 19, 1996.
Forgotten Light was directed by Vladimír Michálek.
Forgotten Light has a runtime of 1 hr 45 min.
Forgotten Light was produced by Ivana Kačírková, Alice Nemanská.
The key characters in Forgotten Light are Vicar Holý (Bolek Polívka), Marjánka (Veronika Žilková), Vicar Kubišta (Jiří Lábus).
Forgotten Light is a Drama film.
Forgotten Light has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.