The Firemen's Ball
The Garden Cinema39-41 Parker Street, London
Thu 24 Sept · 20:30 · £15
About this event
Our screening on Saturday 10 October will be introduced by Czech film expert Peter Hames and followed by a discussion group in The Atrium Bar. A milestone of the Czechoslovak New Wave, Miloš Forman’s first colour 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 organisers 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. Cast: Jan Vostrčil, Josef Šebánek, František Debelka, Josef Valnoha, Ladislav Adam, Vratislav Čermák
Dates & tickets
39-41 Parker Street, London
20:30Thu 24 Sept· £15
16:15Sat 10 Oct· £15
15:00Sat 17 Oct· £15
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