The Firemen's Ball

The Firemen's Ball

The Firemen's Ball

7.1/ 10

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1967

Release Year

73 min

Runtime

Comedy

Overview

The firemen of a provincial Czechoslovakian town throw a ball in honor of the old chief's retirement. There will be music and dancing, a beauty pageant and a raffle. The whole town will be in attendance. However, the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step. Workplace injuries, stolen prizes, a shortage of pretty girls... and fire.

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Keywords

small town

dark comedy

czechoslovakia

political satire

czech new wave

communist era

joyful

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Cast

Jan Vostrčil

Jan Vostrčil

Head of Committee

Josef Šebánek

Committee Member

František Debelka

František Debelka

Committee Member

Josef Valnoha

Josef Valnoha

Committee Member

Ladislav Adam

Committee Member

Vratislav Čermák

Committee Member

Václav Novotný

Committee Member

František Paska

Committee Member

František Reinstein

Committee Member

Josef Řehořek

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7.0avg rating

deepkino

deepkino

September 26, 2025

7

7/10

Miloš Forman's final film in the Czech language is a pure critique of bureaucracy. Set entirely at a banquet honoring a dying, 86-year-old former fire chief, it masterfully depicts the event's descent into fiasco. The film exposes the decay of Czechoslovak society and its so-called socialism, making…

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