Forgotten Light

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| director = Vladimír Michálek

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| writer = Milena Jelínek

| starring = Bolek Polívka

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| released = {{Film date|1996}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = Czech Republic

| language = Czech

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Forgotten Light ({{langx|cs|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfta.cz/en/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=6|title=List of Czech submissions for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|publisher=Czech Film and Television Academy|accessdate=2008-06-29}}Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences{{cite web |title=44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=24 November 1997 |url=//www.oscars.org/pressreleases/97.11.24.html |accessdate=13 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980213090309/http://www.oscars.org/pressreleases/97.11.24.html |archivedate=13 February 1998 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

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.