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7.8/10   2,088 votes
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Director:
Milos Forman
Writers:
Milos Forman (screenplay)
Jaroslav Papousek (screenplay)
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Release Date:
29 September 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
A Masterpiece from Czechoslovakia
Plot:
The fire department in a small town is having a big party when the ex-boss of the department celebrates his 86th birthday... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
I Served The King Of England
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User Comments:
Sincere comedy takes place at a drunken Czech firemen party more

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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Additional Details

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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Runtime:
71 min
Language:
Czech
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Banned in 1968 by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Simpsons Movie (2007) more

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29 out of 37 people found the following comment useful:-
Sincere comedy takes place at a drunken Czech firemen party, 17 February 2000
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Author: GoatPoda from Syracuse, NY

Often hilarious comedy was an early effort by Forman. The characters reveal their attributes and flaws over the course of a drunken bash that involves stealing, sex, abundant alcohol consumption, and a Fireman's Ball Beauty Contest. Forman had to deny that there was a political message behind the film in Socialist late 60's Czechoslavakia. He has a rare talent for presenting humans, not necessarily pretty, but engaging and natural. Forman encourages us in an introduction to not think too much.

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