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The Firemen's Ball (or Fireman's Ball; Czech: Hoří, Má Panenko - "Fire, My Lady") is a 1967 Czechoslovak New Wave satirical comedy directed by Miloš Forman. It is set at the annual ball of a small town's volunteer fire department, and the plot portrays a series of disasters that occur during the evening. The film uses few professional ...
A classic satire of bureaucracy and corruption in a small town, where a fire department throws a party for their retired chief. The film was nominated for an Oscar and sold well in Czechoslovakia, despite some claims of censorship.
- (12.2K)
- Milos Forman
- Not Rated
- Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha
Aug 4, 2002 · A comedy about a retirement party for an elderly fireman in a small town, directed by Milos Forman and banned by the Communist regime in 1968. The film satirizes the bureaucracy, corruption and hypocrisy of the Soviet system, and was a symbol of the Czech New Wave cinema.
A comedy of incompetence and corruption in a small Czechoslovakian town in the 1960s. The firemen organize a ball with a beauty pageant and a lottery, but face many obstacles and disasters.
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- Jan Vostrcil
- Milos Forman
- Comedy
A hilarious saga of good intentions confounded, the story chronicles a firemen’s ball where nothing goes right—from a beauty pageant whose reluctant participants embarrass the organizers to a lottery from which nearly all the prizes are pilfered.
A movie about a firemen's ball that goes wrong in many ways, from the beauty contest to the raffle prizes. Roger Ebert praises the director Milos Forman for his humor and humanity, and sees the film as an allegory of Czechoslovakia's history.
