---
title: 'Forgotten Light (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vladimír Michálek'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Czech Republic'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/forgotten-light-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118213/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Forgotten Light (1996)

1996 · 105 min · Drama · Czech Republic


## Synopsis

Forgotten Light 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vladimír Michálek](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-michalek)
- **Screenplay:** [Milena Jelinek](https://cinepixo.com/people/milena-jelinek)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Radim Hladík](https://cinepixo.com/people/radim-hladik), [Michal Dvořák](https://cinepixo.com/people/michal-dvorak), [Radim Hladík](https://cinepixo.com/people/radim-hladik-2)
- **Producer:** [Ivana Kačírková](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivana-kacirkova), [Alice Nemanská](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-nemanska), [Jana Tomsová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-tomsova)
- **Editor:** [Ivana Kačírková](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivana-kacirkova)
- **Director of Photography:** [Martin Duba](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-duba)

## Cast

- [Veronika Žilková](https://cinepixo.com/people/veronika-zilkova)
- [Roman Mecnarowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-mecnarowski)
- [Kryštof Hanzlík](https://cinepixo.com/people/krystof-hanzlik)
- [Milan Riehs](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-riehs)
- [Václav Pacholík](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-pacholik)
- [Jiří Lábus](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-labus)
- [Jiří Pecha](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-pecha)
- [Jaromíra Mílová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromira-milova)
- [Hana Frejková](https://cinepixo.com/people/hana-frejkova)
- [Alena Pacholíková](https://cinepixo.com/people/alena-pacholikova)
- [Richard Metznarowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-metznarowski)
- [Zdeněk Koudela](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-koudela)
- [Martin Sitta](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-sitta)
- [Helena Steidlová](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-steidlova)
- [Jiří Samek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-samek)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/forgotten-light-1996
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