1949
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.
1960
The film tells the story of a mullah who investigates all kinds of criminal fraud that takes place under the guise of religion, which imposes an unusual lifestyle on believers. But one fine day, he meets an old friend and everything falls apart.
A documentary film comparing current / everyday and historical / noble aspects of Prague.
1958