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The Firemen's Ball
A milestone of the Czech New Wave, Milos Forman's first color film
The Firemen's Ball (Horí, má panenko) 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.
DVD - The Criterion Collection
- Color
- New digital transfer, with restored image and sound
- New & improved subtitle translation
- Video interview with director Milos Forman
- A behind-the-scenes look at the transfer process, featuring cinematographer
Miloslar Ondricek and including comments from Milos Forman
- Available subtitles: English
Curator's Comments:
Read
Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.
Director: Milos Forman
Color
73 minutes
Released: 1967
Rated: NR
Country: Czechoslovakia.
Language: Czech (with English subtitles)
Genre: Comedy
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