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Director:
Writers:
Milos Forman (screenplay)
Jaroslav Papousek (screenplay)
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Release Date:
29 September 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
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:
a great way to deliver hidden messages by Forman more (17 total)

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
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
First color film directed by Milos Forman. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Simpsons Movie (2007) more

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a great way to deliver hidden messages by Forman, 20 May 2006
8/10

What happens when a director is trying to deliver a social message where he is pointing towards our bad society through a comedy film... a ban by the government of course.

Mirlos Forman, who after this movie became one of the greatest foreign film directors, tries to point out at the white collar thieves in our society in a very comic and light hearted way.

This movie centers around a group of fireman who have organized a party to honour their former chairman who is dying of cancer. for entertaining the audience , a group of firemen try to gather a few girls in the party(each turning out to be uglier than the one before) for a fashion show.but they soon realise that all their prizes for the lottery from their prize table are being stolen one by one by the rich people in the party.

This movie is funny at times and quite entertaining. But the best thing about this movie is a lot of hidden messages Its very well edited and directed and the actors do a great job. A joy to watch!!

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