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Original title: Zapomenuté světlo
Director: Vladimír Michálek
Cast: Bolek Polívka Veronika Žilková Jiří Pecha Jaromíra Mílová Soňa Valentová Jiří Lábus
Genre: Drama
Premiere: 1996
Running time: 105 min
Country: Czech Republic

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.

The protagonist is Father Holý, 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, Holý is ordered transferred away from his parish and his allies.

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Forgotten Light is a movie (1996) from Czech Republic. Genre: drama. Directed by Vladimír Michálek. Starring Bolek Polívka, Veronika Žilková, Jiří Pecha, Jaromíra Mílová and Soňa Valentová. Running time: 105 min.

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