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)
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Studio FÁMA 92, Česká televize
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- 1980s
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Top Cast
Bolek Polívka as Vicar Holý
Veronika Žilková as Marjánka
Jiří Lábus as Vicar Kubišta
Jaromíra Mílová as Betina
Petr Kavan as Francek
Jiří Pecha as Klíma
Simona Peková as Olina Klímová
Hana Frejková as Novačka
Top Crew
Vladimír Michálek · Director
Milena Jelínková · Screenplay, Story
Jakub Deml · Book
Radim Hladík Sr. · Composer
Michal Dvořák · Composer
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