The Firemen's Ball
The Firemen's Ball ★★★ Hori, ma panenko 1968
A critically acclaimed comedy about a smalltown ball held for a retiring fire chief. Plans go amusingly awry as beauty contestants refuse to show themselves, raffle prizes and other items—including the gift for the guest of honor—are stolen, and the firemen are unable to prevent an old man's house from burning down. Forman's second film is sometimes interpreted as political allegory; Czech with subtitles. 73m/C VHS, DVD . CZ Vaclav Stockel, Josef Svet; D: Milos Forman; W: Ivan Passer, Jaroslav Papousek, Vaclav Sasek, Milos Forman; C: Miroslav Ondricek; M: Karel Mares.
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