Forgotten Light 1996
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)
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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Full Cast & Crew... Vicar Holý
... Marjánka
... Klíma
... Vicar Kubišta
... Tante
... Chapter's Vicar
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Release Date:
Dec 19, 1996 (Czechia)
Run Time:
1hr 45`
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Original Language:
Czech
Production Countries:
Czechia
Status:
Released
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Forgotten Light - Forgotten Light
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Vicar Holý
... Marjánka
... Klíma
... Vicar Kubišta
... Tante
... Chapter's Vicar
... Doctor
... STB Officer
... Eliška