FRI JAN 2, 2026 1:00 PM

THE FIREMEN'S BALL

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‘Film by the Foot’

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  • RELEASED IN: 1967
  • 73 MINUTES
  • DIRECTED BY: Miloš Forman

ABOUT THE FILM:

In Czech with English subtitles.

A milestone of the Czech New Wave, Miloš Forman’s first color film THE FIREMEN’S BALL is both a dazzling comedy and a provocative political satire. A hilarious saga of good intentions confounded, the story chronicles a firemen’s ball where nothing goes right—from a beauty pageant whose reluctant participants embarrass the organizers to a lottery from which nearly all the prizes are pilfered. Presumed to be a commentary on the floundering Czech leadership, the film was “banned forever” in Czechoslovakia following the Russian invasion and prompted Forman’s move to America.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Czechoslovakia