Forgotten Light
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)
Year: 1996
Genre: Drama
Studio: Studio FÁMA 92, Česká televize
Director: Vladimír Michálek
Cast: Bolek Polívka, Veronika Žilková, Jiří Lábus, Jaromíra Mílová, Petr Kavan, Jiří Pecha
Crew: Vladimír Michálek (Director), Milena Jelínková (Screenplay), Jana Tomsová (Executive Producer), Kryštof Hanzlík (First Assistant Director), Hynek Svoboda (Second Assistant Director), Milena Jelínková (Story)
Runtime: 105 minutes
Release: Dec 19, 1996
IMDb: 6.28/10 by 9 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Czech Republic
Language: Český
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : based on novel or book, 1980s
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