Forgotten Light

Forgotten Light (1996)

Drama

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)

star 6.3 7.4
  • Release Date: 1996-12-19
  • Runtime: 1h 45min
  • Director: Vladimír Michálek

Where to Watch Forgotten Light Online

Forgotten Light is not available for streaming at this moment.

Cast

  • Bolek Polívka

    Vicar Holý

  • Veronika Žilková

    Marjánka

  • Jiří Lábus

    Vicar Kubišta

  • Jaromíra Mílová

    Betina

  • Petr Kavan

    Francek

  • Jiří Pecha

    Klíma

  • Simona Peková

    Olina Klímová

  • Hana Frejková

    Novačka

  • Ivo Kubečka

    Novák

  • Soňa Valentová

    Dr. Prokopová

  • Roman Mecnarowski

  • Miroslav Knoz

  • Václav Legner

  • Zita Kabátová

    Tante

  • Jiří Samek

  • Milan Riehs

  • Antonín Kinský

    Kinský

  • Martin Sitta

  • Richard Staněk

  • Alena Pacholíková

    Child

  • Agáta Hanychová

    Eliška

  • Monika Nosková

    Terezka

  • Václav Pacholík

    Václav

  • Martin Chlum

    Martin

  • Kryštof Hanzlík

    Doctor

  • Michal Přikryl

    STB Officer

Related Movies