People and Sausages
1948-01-01 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 6.0
If you think shopping malls are crowded, you probably haven’t experienced a Prague canteen in the late 1940s. Two thousand hot dogs sold every day, two thousand human faces and destinies. This film essay presents Prague’s vending machines, snack bars, and cheap cafeterias as a mini-zoo crowded with human specimens. They fight for space, food, or a loving embrace under the microscope of a comically touching director, searching for a theme.
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- Directors
- Pavel Blumenfeld
- Production companies
- Krátký film Praha
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Status
- Released
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Věra Bublíková
Karel Pech
Jiřina Švorcová(uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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