#145: FORMAN, Miloś: The Firemen's Ball (1967)
FORMAN, Miloś (Czechoslovakia)
The Firemen's Ball [1967]
Other Forman films in the Collection:
#144: Loves of a Blonde (1965)
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Six-page wraparound featuring an essay by J. Hoberman.
Commentary
None.
Video interview
A behind-the-scenes
The Firemen's Ball [1967]
Spine #145
DVD
OOP
DVD
OOP
A milestone of the Czech New Wave, Miloś Forman's first color film The Firemen’s Ball (Hori, 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.
73 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
in Czech
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2002
Director/Writers
Milos Forman was 35 when he directed The Firemen's Ball.
Screenplay by Jaroslav Papoušek, Ivan Passer and Vàclav Šašek.
Screenplay by Jaroslav Papoušek, Ivan Passer and Vàclav Šašek.
Other Forman films in the Collection:
#144: Loves of a Blonde (1965)
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Six-page wraparound featuring an essay by J. Hoberman.
Commentary
None.
Video interview
With director Forman.
A behind-the-scenes
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