AT, CZ, SK

2008

86 min

Finished

Cooking History

Ako sa varia dejiny

Directing: Peter Kerekes

Synopsis

A documentary film about army cooks. It shows how the everyday need of thousands armed stomachs affects the victories and defeats. About the field "kitchen" as a model of a world where food preparation becomes a fight strategy; a fight for great ideals standing on strong legs of the kitchen table. The film is based on eleven recipes of the cooks since the Second World War till the war in Tchechenia; from France through the Balkans to Russia.

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