Zapomenuté světlo (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)

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1996-12-19

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Runtime: 105 mins Rating: 6.3

Cast

Michal Přikryl

STB Officer

Bolek Polívka

Vicar Holý

Veronika Žilková

Marjánka

Zita Kabátová

Tante

Jiří Pecha

Klíma

Jiří Lábus

Vicar Kubišta

Kryštof Hanzlík

Doctor

Agáta Pracha?ová

Eliška

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Zapomenuté světlo (1996)

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