Movies: Alexander Hammid

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 wanderings, as his highly subjective journey becomes a fragmented visualization of urban landscapes....

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

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A Better Tomorrow (1945) is a documentary short that focuses on New York City progressive public schools....

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

In 1932 Hammid bought a handheld camera Bell-Howell and made his second film, Na Pražském hradě [Prague Castle], in close collaboration with the composer of the sound track, striving for an organic intertwining of image and music....