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Horí, má panenko (1967)
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29 September 1968 (USA)
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A Masterpiece from Czechoslovakia
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The fire department in a small town is having a big party when the ex-boss of the department celebrates his 86th birthday...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jan Vostrcil | ... | Head of Committee | |
| Josef Sebánek | ... | Committee Member #2 | |
| Josef Valnoha | ... | Committee Member | |
| Frantisek Debelka | ... | Committee Member #1 | |
| Josef Kolb | ... | Josef | |
| Jan Stöckl | ... | Retired Fire Chief | |
| Vratislav Cermák | ... | Committee Member | |
| Josef Rehorek | ... | Committee Member #4 | |
| Václav Novotný | ... | Committee Member | |
| Frantisek Reinstein | ... | Committee Member | |
| Frantisek Paska | ... | Committee Member | |
| Stanislav Holubec | ... | Karel | |
| Josef Kutálek | ... | Ludva | |
| Frantisek Svet | ... | Old Man | |
| Ladislav Adam | ... | Committee Member |
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Also Known As:
Al fuoco pompieri! (Italy) (alternative title)
Fuoco, ragazza mia (Italy)
Hoří, má panenko (Czechoslovakia: Czech title)
Like a House on Fire
The Fireman's Ball (UK)
The Firemen's Ball (USA)
The Firemen's Ball and Lottery (USA) (DVD title)
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Fuoco, ragazza mia (Italy)
Hoří, má panenko (Czechoslovakia: Czech title)
Like a House on Fire
The Fireman's Ball (UK)
The Firemen's Ball (USA)
The Firemen's Ball and Lottery (USA) (DVD title)
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71 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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UK:U (original rating) |
France:U |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:S |
Sweden:11 |
West Germany:6
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First color film directed by Milos Forman.
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Referenced in The Simpsons Movie (2007)
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I liked this movie, but then I like slower moving movies with actors that look like real people. This film gives real historical insight into a communist society, including how artists such as Forman tried to get a message through without being completely censored. I have a question about this film, however. I keep reading and hearing that this film uses no professional actors, and the firemen you see are the real firemen from a small town in Bohemia. However, several of these actors were also in Loves of a Blonde, which was an earlier film. So, I surmise that some of the firemen were the real firemen, and others were actors he had used before. This film is well worth seeing. I laughed aloud several times, and smiled through all of it. He has a gift for the small moments of humor and pathos in anyone's life, and it is quite a humorous comment on Czechoslovakian communist society.