The Firemen's Ball (1967)
- Starring:
- Vaclav Stockel, Josef Svet, (more)
- Director(s):
- Milos Forman
- Category:
- Comedy
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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, and laughed accordingly. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 73 mins
Complete Cast:
- Vaclav Stockel - Fire Brigade Commander
- Josef Valnoha - Adjutant
- Josef Kolb - Josef
- Josef Sebanek - 2nd Committee Member
- Josef Svet - Old Man
- Jan Vostrcil - Committee Chairman
- Frantisek Debelka - 1st Committee Member
- Marie Jezkova - Josef's Wife
- Director(s):
- Milos Forman
- Writer(s):
- Vaclav Sasek, Jaroslav Papousek, Ivan Passer
- Categories:
- Comedy
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