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Content: 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)

Countries:

Czech Republic

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

105 minutes

Year:

1996

Directors:

Vladimír Michálek

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Production companies:

Studio FÁMA 92,

Česká televize

Actors:

Vicar Holý

Marjánka

Vicar Kubišta

Betina

Francek

Crews:

Screenplay

Director

Executive Producer

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director