Alexander Hammid Movies

Probably the best-known advertising film for Bata, where joke and irony meet commercial purposes. Tires are sent from rural countryside to the...

Short story film about a derelict and forgotten character hiding in a room somewhere in South America.

A 13-minute documentary film depicting life in Prague.

U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.

Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.

A cinematic poem with an impressive soundtrack that complements and completes the cinematic sketches of the folk culture of the Slovak nation...

Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin. It too has a...

A documentary featuring musicians including Artur Rubinstein, Jan Peerce-Nadine Conner, and Jascha Heifetz.

In 1932 Hammid bought a handheld camera Bell-Howell and made his second film, Na Pražském hradě [Prague Castle], in close...

Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts...

"To Be Alive!" was designed to celebrate the common ground between different cultures by tracing how children in various parts of the world mature...

This first true Czech avant-garde film turns away from a purely celebratory approach to the city. The camera follows a detached protagonist on his...

Analysis of personality cited as an important step in choosing the right partner for marriage. Emphasis is placed on choosing marriage partners with...

Husband and wife struggle to attain a balance of power in their marriage in this neorealist social guidance film.

We accompany the 90-year-old filmmaker Alexander Hammid on a stroll through New York, wandering with him through the outer and inner landscapes of...

A 1945 Oscar nominated short documentary about the Library of Congress. It is one of 26 documentary shorts produced between 1942 and 1945 by the U.S....

A man and a woman meet on the streetcar. Six years ago, they were close . . .

Four episodes on the theme of human hope and survival set in Santambrogio, Italy; Fermathe, Haiti; British Columbia and Kjeller in Norway.

Film on the refugee situation in Austria as a result of Hungarian Revolution of 1956.