People and Sausages (1948)
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.
Director: Pavel Blumenfeld
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: January 1, 1948
Cast
- Věra Bublíková
- Karel Pech
- Oldřich Musil
- Václav Špidla
- Zdeněk Buchvaldek - (uncredited)
- Jiřina Švorcová - (uncredited)
- Jarka Pižla - (uncredited)
Screenplay
- Pavel Blumenfeld (Screenplay)
- Pavel Blumenfeld (Story)
Music: Jarmil Burghauser
Cinematography: Bohumil Vích
Editing: Ferdinand Kursa
Production: Krátký film Praha
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Český
Original Language: cs
Keywords
fast food restaurant, feuilleton
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is People and Sausages about?
- 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.
- Who directed People and Sausages?
- People and Sausages was directed by Pavel Blumenfeld.
- Who stars in People and Sausages?
- People and Sausages stars Věra Bublíková, Karel Pech, Oldřich Musil, Václav Špidla, Zdeněk Buchvaldek, Jiřina Švorcová.
- What genre is People and Sausages?
- People and Sausages is a Documentary film.
- Where was People and Sausages produced?
- People and Sausages was produced in Czechoslovakia.