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The Firemen's Ball

The Firemen's Ball

1967, Movie, 1h 13min

A milestone of the Czech New Wave, Miloš Forman’s first color film THE FIREMEN’S BALL is both a dazzling comedy and a provocative political satire. A hilarious saga of good intentions confounded, the story chronicles a firemen’s ball where nothing goes right, from a beauty pageant whose reluctant participants embarrass the organizers to a lottery from which nearly all the prizes are pilfered. Presumed to be a commentary on the floundering Czech leadership, the film was “banned forever” in Czechoslovakia following the Russian invasion and prompted Forman’s move to America.

Country: Czechia,Italy

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Vlastimila Vlková,

Milada Ježková,

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Das coisas mais ridículas a que já assisti! Atores horríveis, amadores, péssima direção de elenco... Constrangedor. Nem parece Milos Forman.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Firemen's Ball include Chabelo Y Pepito en La Lámpara Maravillosa, The Restaurant, The Producers, Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, La playa de las seducciones, The Rebellious Novice.

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The Firemen's Ball was released in theaters on September 29, 1968.