Forgotten LightMovie
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)
About Forgotten Light
Forgotten Light is a 1996 drama movie directed by Vladimír Michálek.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 45m, production credits from Czech Republic, an original language code of CS.
The credited cast includes Bolek Polívka, Veronika Žilková, Jiří Lábus, Jaromíra Mílová. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
