Zapomenuté svetlo (1996)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Vladimír Michálek

Writers:

Jakub Deml (book)
Milena Jelínek (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Father Holy, a village priest, battles against the state and religious bureaucracies of 1980s Czechoslovakia...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Book

Awards:

7 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Bolek Polívka	...	Vicar Holý
Veronika Zilková	...	Marjánka
Petr Kavan	...	Francek
Jirí Pecha	...	Klíma
Antonín Kinský	...	Count Kinský
Jirí Lábus	...	Vicar Kubista
Richard Metznarowski	...	Chapter's Vicar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Agáta Hanychová	...	Eliska
Krystof Hanzlík	...	Doctor
Zita Kabátová	...	Tante
Michal Prikryl	...	STB Officer

Directed by
Vladimír Michálek

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jakub Deml		book "Zapomenuté svetlo"
Milena Jelínek		writer

Produced by
Jana Tomsova	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michal Dvorák
Radim Hladík Sr.

Art Direction by
Jindrich Götz

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hynek Svoboda	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Radim Hladík Jr.	....	sound

Stunts
Ladislav Lahoda	....	stunt coordinator

Music Department
Radim Hladík Sr.	....	musician

Production Companies

• Ceská Televize
• Studio Fáma 92

Distributors

• Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (Czech Republic)

Also Known As:

Forgotten Light (USA)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Czech Republic

Language:

Czech

Colour:

Colour

Company:

Ceská Televize

Forgotten Light - movie which should not be forgotten

The Film is based on the true story and personal life experience of czech poet and catholic priest Jakub Deml, who wrote the book with the same name. The Story takes place in mid 1980s in Czechoslovakia. The main character is charismatic priest Holy played by wonderful Bolek Polivka. Holy is a melancholy rebel, who is escaping from a communism into a small village which is full of people who are thinking like him. Dissalowed sculptor or the real count Kinsky, who is an Ambulance driver. The priest Holy tries to save his last church, other has been already closed or remade into fabrics or stores. He must fight against bureaucracy and communism, which brings also some funny even absurd situations. The story is also about unfulfilled love to the dying woman, who he can't help but stays with her till the last moments.

It's a great movie, with a great and memorable quotes when the priest tells his dreams, and the last dream at the end where he meets the God who was praying to Human. Just pity that is has only limited DVD distribution.