Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Forman, Milos, film director.
Reinstein, František, film director.
Vostrcil, Jan, actor.
Šebánek, Josef, actor.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film producer.
Kanopy (Firm), film distributor.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file MPEG-4 Flash
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| Notes: | Title from title frames.
Film.
František Reinstein, Jan Vostrcil, Josef Šebánek.
Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1967.
In English.
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| Summary: | A milestone of the Czech New Wave, Milos Forman's first color film THE FIREMEN'S BALL (HORÍ, MÁ PANENKO) 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.
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| Publisher's no.: | 12814079 Kanopy
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