Forgotten Light

Forgotten Light
Directed by Vladimír Michálek
Written by Milena Jelínek
Starring Bolek Polívka
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
 105 minutes
Country Czech Republic
Language Czech

Forgotten Light (Czech: Zapomenuté světlo) is a 1996 Czech film directed by Vladimír Michálek. The screenplay by Czech-American Milena Jelinek is based on a 1934 book by Jakub Deml which is considered a masterpiece of Czech literature of the 20th century. The film was the Czech Republic's submission to the 70th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1][2][3]

The protagonist is Father Holy, a village priest, who battles the state and religious bureaucracies of 1980s Czechoslovakia 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 transferred away from his parish and his allies.

Cast

  • Bolek Polívka as Vicar Holý
  • Veronika Zilková as Marjánka
  • Petr Kavan as Francek
  • Jirí Pecha as Klíma
  • Antonín Kinský as Count Kinský
  • Jirí Lábus as Vicar Kubista
  • Richard Metznarowski as Chapter's Vicar

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of Czech submissions for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". Czech Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
  2. ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. ↑ "44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 November 1997. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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