Forgotten Light

– Father Holy, a village priest, battles against the state and religious bureaucracies of 1980s Czecho..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 45 Minutes
Release Year:
1996
Original Name:
Zapomenuté světlo
Forgotten Light (1996) - Also known as Zapomenuté světlo

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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Language:

Czech

Director:

Vladimír Michálek

Writer:

Jakub Deml (book), Milena Jelínek

Main Actors:

Bolek Polívka, Veronika Zilková, Petr Kavan, Jirí Pecha

Plot:

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...

Awards:

8 wins & 5 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.4/10