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Overview
Release Date:
29 September 1968 (USA) moreTagline:
A Masterpiece from CzechoslovakiaPlot:
The fire department in a small town is having a big party when the ex-boss of the department celebrates his 86th birthday... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
not bad but..... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jan Vostrcil | ... | Head of Committee | |
| Josef Sebánek | ... | Committee Member #2 | |
| Josef Valnoha | ... | Committee Member | |
| Frantisek Debelka | ... | Committee Member #1 | |
| Josef Kolb | ... | Josef | |
| Jan Stöckl | ... | Retired Fire Chief | |
| Vratislav Cermák | ... | Committee Member | |
| Josef Rehorek | ... | Committee Member #4 | |
| Václav Novotný | ... | Committee Member | |
| Frantisek Reinstein | ... | Committee Member | |
| Frantisek Paska | ... | Committee Member | |
| Stanislav Holubec | ... | Karel | |
| Josef Kutálek | ... | Ludva | |
| Frantisek Svet | ... | Old Man | |
| Ladislav Adam | ... | Committee Member |
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Also Known As:
Al fuoco pompieri! (Italy) (alternative title)Fuoco, ragazza mia (Italy)
Hoří, má panenko (Czechoslovakia: Czech title)
Like a House on Fire
The Fireman's Ball (UK)
The Firemen's Ball (USA)
The Firemen's Ball and Lottery (USA) (DVD title)
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71 minLanguage:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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UK:U (original rating) | France:U | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | West Germany:6MOVIEmeter: 
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I rather enjoyed parts of this film, but I was also a bit lost at times & I guess to fully appreciate this one would have to understand the time and the place. And the society. This takes place in Communist Czechoslavakia in the mid-60's, and it's a rather chaotic celebration to honor an elderly and retiring fire chief. There is a table of raffle prizes that all keep disappearing, and even the people that are guarding the prizes seem to be pilfering them. There is an ersatz beauty contest with plenty of rather questionable beauties, and a bumbling but well intentioned fire brigade who is trying to run this whole thing. There seems to be one calamitous incident after another, including a fire in which an old man loses his house, that the fire brigade must leave the party to go battle. They bring the old man back to the shelter of the hall in which they are celebrating, to pass the hat and collect all the raffle tickets, and of course by now nothing is left on the table. The clincher is when they present the retiring fire chief with his gift, but when he opens the box it's empty and he stoically thanks them. This film was apparently banned by the Czech government for its commentary and in order to understand why it was banned I guess one would have to be familiar with what was being made fun of. And that's where I got lost. But, overall this is a rather amusing and charming little film, there's just elements of it that are lost on me. 7 out of 10.