Forgotten Light(1996)

63

1h 45m

  • 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)

Cast

  • Bolek Polívka

    Bolek Polívka

    Vicar Holý

  • Veronika Žilková

    Veronika Žilková

    Marjánka

  • Jiří Lábus

    Jiří Lábus

    Vicar Kubišta

  • Jaromíra Mílová

    Jaromíra Mílová

    Betina

  • 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

  • Zita Kabátová

    Zita Kabátová

    Tante

  • Martin Sitta

    Martin Sitta

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    Status

    Released (Dec 19, 1996)

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