Fire! Fire! At Last Something's Going On

Fire! Fire! At Last Something's Going On

13 mins | Documentary | Dec. 31, 1967

Piwowski's documentary debut is a satirical reportage, referring to the poetics of the Czech school at the time. The starting point was an order from a film studio to join a project proposed by the Germans: what do teenagers in your country do on Saturday at 5 pm? Images from the lives of teenagers from Kętrzyn make up a contrasting slice of free time in a small town. Firemen maneuvering to start a fire outside working hours, bodybuilders training, choir rehearsal, dancing in Hitler's former headquarters...

Fire! Fire! At Last Something's Going On

13 mins | Documentary | Dec. 31, 1967

Fire! Fire! At Last Something's Going On
Piwowski's documentary debut is a satirical reportage, referring to the poetics of the Czech school at the time. The starting point was an order from a film studio to join a project proposed by the Germans: what do teenagers in your country do on Saturday at 5 pm? Images from the lives of teenagers from Kętrzyn make up a contrasting slice of free time in a small town. Firemen maneuvering to start a fire outside working hours, bodybuilders training, choir rehearsal, dancing in Hitler's former headquarters...
Producers Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych (WFD)
Original title Pozar! Pozar! Cos nareszcie dzieje sie
Directors Marek Piwowski
Writers Marek Piwowski

Cast