Horí, má panenko
(The Firemen's Ball)
(Al fucoco pompieri!)

Czechoslovakia-Italy (1968): Comedy

This was Czechoslovakian director/co-writer Milos Forman's final film in his home country; he was scouting locations in Paris when the Russians moved their tanks into Prague in 1968 causing Forman to decide to remain an expatriate. Because of the supercharged political climate of the era, critics read all sorts of allegory and hidden meanings into this picture. Other critics simply accepted the film as the slapsticky tale of a disastrous small-town celebration in honor of a retiring fire chief, and laughed accordingly. Best to judge for oneself. (Ponti, Barrandov / Cinema V) Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide)

· Foreign Language Film Award 1968: (Czechoslovakia) (Carlo Ponti, producer.)

1 nomination