Forgotten Light

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)

Main Cast

Bolek Polívka

Vicar Holý

Age : 75 | Popularity : 26%

Veronika Žilková

Marjánka

Age : 63 | Popularity : 15%

Jiří Pecha

Klíma

Age : 74 | Popularity : 7%

Jiří Lábus

Vicar Kubišta

Age : 74 | Popularity : 24%

Zita Kabátová

Tante

Age : 99 | Popularity : 18%

Richard Metznarowski

Chapter's Vicar

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Kryštof Hanzlík

Doctor

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Michal Přikryl

STB Officer

Age : 61 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Milena Jelínková
Directing	Director	Vladimír Michálek
Department	Role	Name

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