People and Sausages

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Věra BublíkováCast

Karel PechCast

Oldřich Musil

Oldřich MusilCast

Václav Špidla

Václav ŠpidlaCast

Zdeněk Buchvaldek

Zdeněk Buchvaldek(uncredited)

Jiřina Švorcová(uncredited)

Jarka Pižla

Jarka Pižla(uncredited)