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The Fireman's Ball
1967
Well laid plans for a fireman's ball go horribly wrong. Milos Forman directs this story of a birthday party for an elderly fireman. Read more
| Starring | Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebanek, Josef Valnoha, Frantisek Debelka |
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| Director | Milos Forman |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
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The Fireman's Ball
Well laid plans for a fireman's ball go horribly wrong. Milos Forman directs this story of a birthday party for an elderly fireman.
| Starring | Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebanek, Josef Valnoha, Frantisek Debelka, Josef Kolb |
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| Director | Milos Forman |
| Studio | BEST MEDICINE |
| Original title | Horí, má panenko |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 11 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Czech |
| Released | Production year: 1967 To Rent: DVD: 17 Aug 2009 |
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The scene is the annual firemen's ball in a small Czech town. The action, characteristically tenuous but packed with... read more on Time Out
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- 31 Mar 2010 at 05:03
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Czech Metaphors
Taken at face value, this film is a gentle farce. The fire brigade in a small town are putting on a ball, but nothing goes smoothly. They get so caught up with ... read more »
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- 27 Sep 2007 at 00:41
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Milos Forman's Early Exercise in Dry Humour.
Seemingly at first a farce set at a party for some firemen in a provincial town, The Firemens' Ball develops into some quite sad events and the farcical ... read more »
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- frangkox
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- 24 Oct 2011 at 16:16
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A bit of a gem
As someone who lived five years in Czech Rep. and an unapologetic nostalgist in general, I enjoy this film. It is very Czech, being ironic, gentle and good ... read more »
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- regularchap
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It really is a ball.
Before moving west and winning Oscars for Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, Milos Foreman made his name in his native Czechoslovakia with films like this perfect ... read more »
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