Forgotten Light
105 mins
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)
Petr Kavan
Francek
Antonín Kinský
Kinský
Alena Pacholíková
Child
Monika Nosková
Terezka
Václav Pacholík
Václav
Martin Chlum
Martin
Kryštof Hanzlík
Doctor
Milena Jelínková
Screenplay
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
Petr Kavan
Art Direction
Martin Heřmanský
Art Direction
Bedřich Čermák
Set Decoration
Martin Heřmanský
Set Decoration
Richard Staněk
Set Decoration
Petra Jáchimová
Costume Design
Aleš Kocián
Makeup & Hair
Helena Šteidlová
Makeup & Hair
Ivana Kačírková
Editor
Radim Hladík Jr.
Sound
Ladislav Lahoda
Stunt Coordinator
Ivana Kačírková
Producer
Jana Tomsová
Producer
Alice Nemanská
Producer
Jana Tomsová
Production Manager
Zdenka Fialová
Unit Manager
Pavel Picek
Unit Manager
Stanislav Tůma
Still Photographer
Radim Hladík Sr.
Original Music Composer
Michal Dvořák
Original Music Composer