Hoří má panenko!

Miloš Forman´s last film shot in his native country. This comedy about a helpless village fire brigade whose members hopelessly fail to handle a raffle organized during an annual ball and prove even less apt at staging a beauty contest, proved too much in its time not only for the communist censors but, in a way, also for the movie´s famed Italian co-producer Carlo Ponti. However, the initial turmoil surrounding the film both at home and abroad eventually proved an ideal publicity stunt: the merciless, biting humour of Forman´s allegory has since continued to make laugh successive generations of cinemagoers, and has deservedly joined the company of European cinematic classics.

Year Of Production: 1967
Running time: 71 minutes
Produced by: Film Studios Barrandov, Carlo Ponti Roma
Genre: comedy
Language Versions: Czech with English subtitles
Directed By: Miloš Forman
Screenplay: Miloš Forman, Jaroslav Papoušek, Ivan Passer
Awards and nominations:
1968 Academy Awards ? nominated for Best Foreign Language Film