The Firemen's Ball
aka The Firemen's Ball and Lottery
aka Hoří, má panenko
First screened in December 2012
Director: Miloš Forman. Cast: Jan Vostrčil, Jan Stöckl, Josef Kolb, Milada Ježková, Stanislav Holubec, Josef Kutálek, Františekět, Antonín Blažejovský, Josef Šebánek, Josef Valnoha, František Debelka, Vratislav Čermák, Josef Řehořek, Václav Novotný, František Paska, Ladislav Adam, Alena Kvĕtová, Anna Liepoldová, Miluše Zelená, Marie Slívová, Hana Hanusová, Hana Kuberová. Screenplay: Miloš Forman, Ivan Passer, and Jaroslav Papoušek (based on a screen story by Václav Sasek).
Twitter Capsule: Subtlety not required amid such raucous, pointed critique and bold, deft storytelling. An indelible 73 minutes.

Photo © 1967 Filmové Studio Barrandov,
© 2002 The Criterion Collection
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–


Academy Award Nominations:
Best Foreign Language Film

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