The Firemen's Ball

A milestone of the Czech New Wave, 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.
The film was “banned forever” in Czechoslovakia following the Russian invasion and prompted Forman’s move to America.
Filmography: Goya's Ghosts (2006), Man on the Moon (1999), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Valmont (1989), Amadeus (1984), Ragtime (1981), Hair (1979), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Taking Off (1971), The Loves of a Blonde (1965), Black Peter (1964).
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