Forgotten Light (1996)
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)
Director:
Vladimír Michálek
Writer:
Milena Jelínková
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Bolek Polívka as Vicar Holý |
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Veronika Žilková as Marjánka |
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Jiří Lábus as Vicar Kubišta |
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Jaromíra Mílová as Betina |
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Petr Kavan as Francek |
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Jiří Pecha as Klíma |
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Simona Peková as Olina Klímová |
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Hana Frejková as Novačka |
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Ivo Kubečka as Novák |
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Soňa Valentová as Dr. Prokopová |
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Roman Mecnarowski as |
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Miroslav Knoz as |
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Václav Legner as |
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Zita Kabátová as Tante |
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Jiří Samek as |
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Milan Riehs as |
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Antonín Kinský as Kinský |
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Martin Sitta as |
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Richard Staněk as |
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Alena Pacholíková as Child |
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Agáta Hanychová as Eliška |
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Monika Nosková as Terezka |
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Václav Pacholík as Václav |
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Martin Chlum as Martin |
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Kryštof Hanzlík as Doctor |
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Michal Přikryl as STB Officer |
| Directing | Vladimír Michálek | Director |
| Writing | Milena Jelínková | Screenplay |
| Production | Jana Tomsová | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Kryštof Hanzlík | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Hynek Svoboda | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Milena Jelínková | Story |
| Writing | Jakub Deml | Book |
| Crew | Marcela Pittermannová | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Martin Duba | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Pavel Brynych | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Stanislav Šťastný | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Jindřich Goetz | Production Design |
| Art | Petr Kavan | Art Direction |
| Art | Martin Heřmanský | Art Direction |
| Art | Bedřich Čermák | Set Decoration |
| Art | Martin Heřmanský | Set Decoration |
| Art | Richard Staněk | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Petra Jáchimová | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleš Kocián | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helena Šteidlová | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Ivana Kačírková | Editor |
| Sound | Radim Hladík Jr. | Sound |
| Crew | Ladislav Lahoda | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Ivana Kačírková | Producer |
| Production | Jana Tomsová | Producer |
| Production | Alice Nemanská | Producer |
| Production | Jana Tomsová | Production Manager |
| Production | Zdenka Fialová | Unit Manager |
| Production | Pavel Picek | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Stanislav Tůma | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Radim Hladík Sr. | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Michal Dvořák | Original Music Composer |
