From Breakfast to Dinner

Josef Pinkava / Czechoslovakia / 1956 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 10 min.

synopsis

A waiter who monitors the number of calories in restaurant customers’ meals is not a feature of a new app, but the hero of a popular science film produced by the Ministry of Health in the mid-1950s about healthy eating. The human body is presented as a power plant that must be supplied with the appropriate amount of recommended fuel, and the film’s guide ensures that well-fed citizens can feed the collective spirit of socialism with their energy.

biography

Josef Pinkava (1919–2006) originally worked as a teacher, was conscripted into forced labour in coal mines during the war, and then joined the Zlín film studio, where he shot instructional, documentary, and promotional films. From 1959, he devoted himself to feature films for children and young people. He made Terezu bych kvůli žádné holce neopustil (I Wouldn’t Leave Tereza for Any Girl, 1976) and Pohlaď kočce uši (Stroke the Cat’s Ears, 1981).