''Forgotten Light'' () is a 1996 Czech film directed by

Vladimír Michálek Vladimír Michálek (born 2 November 1956 in Mladá Boleslav) is a Czech film director and screenwriter. Life Michálek graduated from Czech film Academy ''FAMU'', Prague, in 1992. Starting during his academic study he was filming documentarie ...

. The screenplay by Czech-American

Milena Jelinek Milena Jelinek (Czech: Milena Jelínková, née Tobolová; August 19, 1935 – April 15, 2020) was a Czech American screenwriter, playwright and teacher. She wrote the screenplay for the film '' Forgotten Light'', which was awarded three Czech Li ...

is based on a 1934 book by

Jakub Deml Jakub Deml (20 August 1878 – 10 February 1961) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer. Life Childhood and youth Jakub Deml was born in Tasov (okres Žďár nad Sázavou), Tasov near Třebíč, Austria-Hungary, now the Czech Republic on 20 A ...

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 The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 23, 1998, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the sho ...

for the

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 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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Bolek Polívka Boleslav Polívka (born 31 July 1949, in Vizovice) is a Czech film and theatre actor, mime, playwright, and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 40 films. Career Polívka first started appearing in films in the 1960s. He graduated from ...

as Vicar Holý *

Veronika Žilková Veronika Žilková (born 16 October 1961 in Prague) is a Czech actress. She played the part of Božena Horáková in the 2000 Czech film, '' Little Otik'' also known as '' Otesánek''. In 1997 she received the Czech Lion Award as the best su ...

as Marjánka * Petr Kavan as Francek * Jiří Pecha as Klíma * Antonín Kinský as Count Kinský *

Jiří Lábus Jiří Lábus (born 26 January 1950) is a Czech actor, comedian and voice actor. Career Jiří Lábus was born on 26 January 1950 in Prague. From a young age, Jiří Lábus was fascinated by theatre and cinema, often attending performances and l ...

as Vicar Kubišta * Richard Metznarowski as Chapter's Vicar

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* 1996 films 1996 drama films Czech drama films 1990s Czech-language films Czech Lion Awards winners (films) {{1990s-drama-film-stub

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