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)
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Bolek PolívkaVicar Holý | Vicar Holý |
 Veronika ŽilkováMarjánka | Marjánka |
 Jiří LábusVicar Kubišta | Vicar Kubišta |
 Jaromíra MílováBetina | Betina |
| PPetr KavanFrancek | Francek |
 Jiří PechaKlíma | Klíma |
 Simona PekováOlina Klímová | Olina Klímová |
 Hana FrejkováNovačka | Novačka |
 Ivo KubečkaNovák | Novák |
 Soňa ValentováDr. Prokopová | Dr. Prokopová |
| RRoman MecnarowskiNot listed | Not listed |
| MMiroslav KnozNot listed | Not listed |
| VVáclav LegnerNot listed | Not listed |
 Zita KabátováTante | Tante |
| JJiří SamekNot listed | Not listed |
| MMilan RiehsNot listed | Not listed |
| AAntonín KinskýKinský | Kinský |
 Martin SittaNot listed | Not listed |
| RRichard StaněkNot listed | Not listed |
| AAlena PacholíkováChild | Child |
 Agáta HanychováEliška | Eliška |
| MMonika NoskováTerezka | Terezka |
| VVáclav PacholíkVáclav | Václav |
| MMartin ChlumMartin | Martin |
| KKryštof HanzlíkDoctor | Doctor |
 Michal PřikrylSTB Officer | STB Officer |