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The Firemen's Ball

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The Firemen's Ball
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NR,1hr 13min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
September 29, 1968
Director:
Milos Forman
Distributor:
Cinema V
Starring:
Vaclav Stockel, Josef Svet, Josef Valnoha  ...more
Synopsis: Firemen's Ball was Czechoslovakian director Milos Forman's final film in his home country; he was scouting locations in Paris when the Russians moved their tanks into Prague in 1968 causing Forman to decide to remain an expatriate. Because of the supercharged political climate of the era, critics read all sorts of allegory and hidden meanings into the Firemen's Ball. Other critics simply accepted the film as the slapsticky tale of a disastrous small-town celebration in honor of a retiring fire chief, ... Full Synopsis
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Elbert Ventura, AMG Review
Milos Forman's last film in his native Czechoslovakia is a mordant attack on the pettiness and hypocrisy of the middle class. Essentially plotless, the 73-minute feature is set at a ball thrown by the firemen of a small town in honor of their retired chief. The party gradually devolves into a farcical mess, culminating in a fire that burns down an old man's house. Throughout the film, the townspeople ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Vaclav Stockel
Fire Brigade Commander
Josef Svet
Old Man
Josef Valnoha
Adjutant
Jan Vostrcil
Committee Chairman
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