THE FIREMAN'S BALL
by Milos Forman
synopsis
The volunteer fire department in a small town is having a big party when the ex-boss of the department celebrates his 86th birthday. The whole town is invited but things don't go as planned. Someone is stealing the prizes to the lottery and the candidates for the Miss Fire-Department beauty contest are neither willing nor particularly beautiful.
| international title: | The Firemen's Ball |
| original title: | Horí, má panenko |
| country: | Czech Republic, Italy |
| year: | 1967 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Milos Forman |
| film run: | 73' |
| release date: | ZS 15/12/1967, FR 17/05/1968, SE 19/08/1968, DK 22/08/1968, NL 30/01/1969, FI 18/04/1969, IT 23/09/1969, DE 02/01/1970, TR 14/01/1970, PL 08/1970, BE 06/11/1970, PT 24/08/1972, HU 14/04/1988, CZ 07/1997, ES 10/11/2004, IS 22/09/2009, GR 30/09/2012, RO 04/06/2014, AT 27/03/2017 |
| screenplay: | Milos Forman, Jaroslav Papousek, Ivan Passer, Václav Sasek |
| cast: | Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha |
| cinematography by: | Miroslav Ondrícek |
| film editing: | Miroslav Hájek |
| art director: | Karel Cerný |
| costumes designer: | Zdena Snajdarová |
| producer: | Rudolf Hájek |
