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The Fireman's Ball

Hoří, má panenko

1967

The volunteer firemen of a small Czech town throw a ball to honor their retiring chief, complete with a raffle and a beauty pageant — but everything that can go wrong does. Miloš Forman's gently biting comedy of collective incompetence.

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