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The Firemen's Ball

Name: The Firemen's Ball
Director: Miloš Forman
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1967
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Jan Vostrčil, Josef Šebánek, František Debelka, Josef Valnoha, Ladislav Adam

The firemen of a provincial Czechoslovakian town throw a ball in honor of the old chief's retirement. There will be music and dancing, a beauty pageant and a raffle. The whole town will be in attendance. However, the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step. Workplace injuries, stolen prizes, a shortage of pretty girls... and fire.

1967 · Directed by Miloš Forman · 73 min · Comedy · 13 frames

Tagline

A colorful comedy, in which people dance, steal and extinguish the fire.

Crew

Screenplay: Ivan Passer, Miloš Forman, Jaroslav Papoušek
Cinematography: Miroslav Ondříček
Edited by: Miroslav Hájek
Music: Karel Mareš
Production design: Karel Černý
Produced by: Carlo Ponti, Rudolf Hájek

Cast

Jan Vostrčil as Head of Committee
Josef Šebánek as Committee Member
František Debelka as Committee Member
Josef Valnoha as Committee Member
Ladislav Adam as Committee Member
Vratislav Čermák as Committee Member
Václav Novotný as Committee Member
František Paska as Committee Member
František Reinstein as Committee Member
Josef Řehořek as Committee Member

Production

Country: Czechoslovakia, Italy
Language: Czech
Studios: Filmové studio Barrandov, Carlo Ponti Cinematografica
Themes: small town, dark comedy, czechoslovakia, political satire, czech new wave, communist era, joyful

More by Miloš Forman

Hair — 1979
The People vs. Larry Flynt — 1996
Man on the Moon — 1999
Ragtime — 1981
Amadeus — 1984
Valmont — 1989
Loves of a Blonde — 1965
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — 1975

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