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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Cast
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Věra Bublíková
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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Pavel Blumenfeld Director · Jarmil Burghauser Composer Bohumil Vích Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1948 · Produced in XC · Original title Lidé a párky
Production
Krátký film Praha
Production
XC
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Original title
Lidé a párky
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · January 1, 1948
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
November 2, 2015 · Physical · DVD
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