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Au feu les pompiers!

Titre original : Horí, má panenko
  • 1967
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  • 1h 13min
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Au feu les pompiers! (1967)
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Un corps de pompiers bénévoles organise une fête pour leur ancien chef à laquelle toute la ville est conviée, mais rien ne se passe comme prévu.Un corps de pompiers bénévoles organise une fête pour leur ancien chef à laquelle toute la ville est conviée, mais rien ne se passe comme prévu.Un corps de pompiers bénévoles organise une fête pour leur ancien chef à laquelle toute la ville est conviée, mais rien ne se passe comme prévu.

  • Réalisation
    • Milos Forman
  • Scénario
    • Milos Forman
    • Jaroslav Papousek
    • Ivan Passer
  • Casting principal
    • Jan Vostrcil
    • Josef Sebánek
    • Josef Valnoha
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  • NOTE IMDb
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    • Réalisation
      • Milos Forman
    • Scénario
      • Milos Forman
      • Jaroslav Papousek
      • Ivan Passer
    • Casting principal
      • Jan Vostrcil
      • Josef Sebánek
      • Josef Valnoha
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    • 67avis des critiques
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    • Nommé pour 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination au total

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    Rôles principaux34

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    Jan Vostrcil
    Jan Vostrcil
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    Josef Sebánek
    Josef Sebánek
    • Clen plesového výboru
    Josef Valnoha
    • Clen plesového výboru
    Frantisek Debelka
    Frantisek Debelka
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    Josef Rehorek
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    Vratislav Cermák
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    Jan Stöckl
    Jan Stöckl
    • Retired Fire Chief
    Václav Novotný
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    Frantisek Reinstein
    • Clen plesového výboru
    Frantisek Paska
    • Clen plesového výboru
    Ladislav Adam
    • Clen plesového výboru
    Josef Kolb
    Josef Kolb
    • Josef
    Stanislav Holubec
    • Karel
    Frantisek Svet
    Frantisek Svet
    • deda Havelka
    Josef Kutálek
    • Ludva
    Antonín Blazejovský
    • Standa
    Alena Kvetová
    • Ruzenka
    Hana Hanusová
    • Jarka
    • Réalisation
      • Milos Forman
    • Scénario
      • Milos Forman
      • Jaroslav Papousek
      • Ivan Passer
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    8random_avenger

    The Firemen's Ball

    Milos Forman's best known film is probably the awarded 1975 mental institution tale One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with Jack Nicholson, but his early Czechoslovakian movies are not to be missed either by admirers of his later work. The 1967 comedy The Firemen's Ball has been interpreted as an allegory for the Socialist system that had a major effect on how people lived in Eastern Europe at the time, but it also works as an entertaining little flick in its own right.

    The loose plot was inspired by an actual firemen's ball that Forman and his screenwriter friends once attended. The aging fire department of a small village is arranging a ball in honour of their elderly chairman who is turning 86 and, unbeknownst to him, dying of cancer. The program is to include at least music, dancing, a beauty contest for the ladies and a lottery with various prizes, but it seems that Murphy's Law is alive and well in the village: the lottery prizes keep getting stolen at an increasing rate, nobody wants to participate in the beauty pageant and the general chaos grows more and more out of control. Soon the firemen get to demonstrate their occupational skills in a genuine incident.

    Most of the actors were reportedly real firemen from the town where the movie was shot, but despite their lack of acting experience they fit in their roles perfectly. The grumpy men's arguments about the stressful arrangements are pretty hilarious, but the women are funny too even though their roles are somewhat smaller. Also, personally I didn't find any of the reluctant beauty contestants ugly at all, unlike the frustrated committee members! In addition, I should give a nod to the catchy ballroom music that is playing for a lot of the time and even references a Beatles song at one point. It is possible that the atmosphere-driven collection of errors and misadventures may feel aimless to some viewers who would prefer a stronger plot, but those with a fondness for looser narratives should find it easy to enjoy the firemen's adversities.

    Besides the comical bumbling, there are also more melancholic moments in the short movie. The fire scene near the end carries a feel of powerlessness when an old man watches his house burn down while the firemen futilely try to put the flames out by shoveling snow into the fire. Still, the service of drinks is never interrupted during the turmoil, keeping up appearances no matter what. The whole plot line of the stolen lottery prizes also culminates in a wistful moment when the honorary chairman finally gets to accept his gift after sincerely thanking his colleagues for the help they have given over the years. This lack of the oft-mentioned solidarity among the masses (not so much among individuals) may have been what prompted the Czechoslovakian officials to originally ban the film "forever".

    As for myself, I can say I enjoyed The Firemen's Ball more than Loves of a Blonde (1965), the other early Forman film I have seen at the moment. Czech cinema in general is something I'd like to get better acquainted with later, but for now I can say that The Firemen's Ball is probably my favourite of the handful of movies I have seen from the country.
    9GoatPoda

    Sincere comedy takes place at a drunken Czech firemen party

    Often hilarious comedy was an early effort by Forman. The characters reveal their attributes and flaws over the course of a drunken bash that involves stealing, sex, abundant alcohol consumption, and a Fireman's Ball Beauty Contest. Forman had to deny that there was a political message behind the film in Socialist late 60's Czechoslavakia. He has a rare talent for presenting humans, not necessarily pretty, but engaging and natural. Forman encourages us in an introduction to not think too much.
    8Petey-10

    Firemen having a ball

    The volunteer fire department in a small Czech town organizes a ball in a town hall with lottery and a beauty contest.They also plan to give a small fire axe as a 86- year old birthday gift to their honorary chairman who has a cancer (which he doesn't know).But things start going as wrong as they possibly could.Hori, Má Panenko (The Firemen's Ball) from 1967 is directed by Milos Forman.The other of its producers is Carlo Ponti.The movie uses mostly no real actors.The firemen are real firemen of the small town where it is set.But all of those people do a fine job.Jan Vostrcil plays Head of Committee.Josef Sebánek is Committee Member #2.Jan Stöckl is Retired Fire Chief.The movie has got some scenes to make you amused.It's most amusing when the man and the woman go under the table to play with each other.And when one of the beauty contestants takes off her clothes.Or when the old man starts walking towards the stage.This is the first film Forman shot in color.It is also the last film he made in his native Czechoslovakia.Then he went on to America to make some classics.
    mikelang42

    Superb lost comedy

    Reaching 70 years young in a few weeks, I was thinking about some of the films I most enjoyed when young and would I still enjoy them now? The Fireman's Ball seems to be a lost comedy here in the UK. It never pops up on TV and does not appear in film festivals or revival houses.What a loss to those who were not alive in 1967. If your a Brit reading this think Dad's Army and then fireman instead and your nearly there.Its country of origin is Czechoslovakia,with a little help from Italy, a big hit with a best foreign film Oscar, a running time of 73 mins and not one minute wasted.A town's fire department celebrating with a ball to honour it's retired elderly chief, a beauty contest and a large table with raffle prizes that vanish one by one, that's it,but oh boy it is good, totally droll and very funny.The punchline at it's end maybe posted but who cares. If only some of the comedies today knew when to stop. Really pleased that this was one old film I rerented.
    7charchuk

    Funny but awkward

    It's a pretty funny and witty slapstick comedy, until you realize that you're laughing at the objectification of women and the corruptness of bureaucracy. So, in that sense, it's a pretty sly sociopolitical commentary. So sly, in fact, that you don't even notice it in the film. You've got to read up on it to figure out what Forman was making fun of, and even then he denies any meaning behind the humour. The non-actors and natural dialogue add to the absurdity of the situations, and the end's got a similar sharp veer towards tragedy as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In fact, the humour in both films is the same, as what you're laughing at really shouldn't be that funny at all, but it is. Overall, this is a light but deep (if that makes any sense) product of the Czechoslovak New Wave, and it's definitely worth a watch.

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    • Anecdotes
      Director Milos Forman with screenwriters Jaroslav Papousek and Ivan Passer were in the small town of Vrchabi, trying to concentrate on a screenplay after their success with Les amours d'une blonde (1965). One evening, on a lark, they went to a real firemen's ball in the town. What they saw there was so remarkable, they abandoned the script they were working on and began writing this film.
    • Citations

      Gray-haired Committee Member: The lottery has been stolen.

      Joska, Committee Member: Gentlemen, there is one fact: if the people stole it, they cannot win it.

      Committee Member: Don't talk like that, Joska. What about those people who bought the tickets honestly and didn't steal anything?

      Joska, Committee Member: They should have stolen.

    • Versions alternatives
      In the United States, this film was shown in both subtitled and English-dubbed versions.
    • Connexions
      Edited into CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel (2018)
    • Bandes originales
      From Me to you
      (uncredited)

      Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

      Played by the band at the ball

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 15 juin 1968 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Tchécoslovaquie
      • Italie
    • Langue
      • Tchèque
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Au feu... les pompiers
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Restaurace Strelnice, Vrchlabí, République tchèque(ballroom)
    • Sociétés de production
      • Carlo Ponti Cinematografica
      • Filmové studio Barrandov
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      • 65 000 $US (estimé)
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    • Durée
      1 heure 13 minutes
    • Mixage
      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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