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Forgotten Light (1996)

Original title: Zapomenuté světlo

1996-12-19 · 1h 45m · CS
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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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Vladimír MichálekDirector

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Bolek PolívkaBolek PolívkaVicar HolýVeronika ŽilkováVeronika ŽilkováMarjánkaJiří PechaJiří PechaKlímaJiří LábusJiří LábusVicar KubištaZita KabátováZita KabátováTanteRichard MetznarowskiRichard MetznarowskiChapter's VicarKryštof HanzlíkKryštof HanzlíkDoctorMichal PřikrylMichal PřikrylSTB OfficerAgáta HanychováAgáta HanychováEliška

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What is Forgotten Light about?

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)

How long is Forgotten Light?

Forgotten Light has a runtime of 105 minutes.