
Forgotten Light
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)
Top Billed Cast

Bolek Polívka
Vicar Holý

Veronika Žilková
Marjánka

Jiří Lábus
Vicar Kubišta

Jaromíra Mílová
Betina
Petr Kavan
Francek
Featured Crew
Milena Jelínková
Screenplay

Vladimír Michálek
Director
Jana Tomsová
Executive Producer
Kryštof Hanzlík
First Assistant Director
Hynek Svoboda
Second Assistant Director
Milena Jelínková
Story
Jakub Deml
Book
Marcela Pittermannová
Dramaturgy
Martin Duba
Director of Photography
Pavel Brynych
Camera Operator
Stanislav Šťastný
Assistant Camera
Jindřich Goetz
Production Design