The Firemen's Ball
– In Milos Forman's satire on Communism set in a small Czechoslovakian town in the 1960s, the local fi..
In Milos Forman's satire on Communism set in a small Czechoslovakian town in the 1960s, the local firemen decide to organize a ball, however the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step. They plan to organize a beauty pageant at the ball, yet struggle tremendously to find enough pretty contestants. A lottery is planned for later in the evening, but the guests begin stealing the prizes. Then, inevitably, there is a fire in the town... It seems that whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
29 Sep 1968
Czech
Milos Forman
Milos Forman (screenplay), Jaroslav Papousek (screenplay), Ivan Passer (screenplay), Václav Sasek (story)
Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha, Frantisek Debelka
The volunteer fire department in a small town is having a big party when the ex-boss of the department celebrates his 86th birthday. The whole town is invited but things don't go as planned. Someone is stealing the prizes to the lottery and the candidates for the Miss Fire-Department beauty contest are neither willing nor particularly beautiful.
Cinema V