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Alexander Hammid born Alexandr Hackenschmied (17 December 1907, Linz – 26 July 2004, New York City) was a leading photographer, film director, cinematographer and editor in Czechoslovakia between the two world wars. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1938 and became involved in American avant-garde cinema. He is best known known for his film, Crisis (1939), Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) and To Be Alive!(1964). He made Meshes of the Afternoon, with his wife Maya Deren—to whom he was married from 1942 to 1947. He won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) for To Be Alive! (1964), which he co-directed with Francis Thompson.
Most Popular Alexander Hammid Trailers
Total trailers found: 50
01 January 1956
A BAFTA award nominated documentary studying Hungarian refugee problems after the October 1956 revolution.
01 January 1937
Probably the best-known advertising film for Bata, where joke and irony meet commercial purposes. Tires are sent from rural countryside to the turmoil of the city to serve progress.
07 February 1950
Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings.
07 February 1954
Dramatization of the experience of a young married couple whose quarrels undermine their happiness and prevent the development of adult love based on mutual understanding.
01 January 1959
Four episodes on the theme of human hope and survival set in Santambrogio, Italy; Fermathe, Haiti; British Columbia and Kjeller in Norway.
06 June 1950
Post-World War II film for young couples advising them of means to strengthen their marriages. Shows how two young couples have built lasting marriages by a clear analysis of their mutual aims and cooperation in achieving them.
04 September 1951
Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances.
22 November 1935
A man and a woman meet on the streetcar. Six years ago, they were close . . .
22 April 1964
"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.
14 February 1951
A documentary featuring musicians including Artur Rubinstein, Jan Peerce-Nadine Conner, and Jascha Heifetz.
01 January 1960
Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin.
14 March 1944
U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.
04 January 1957
Film on the refugee situation in Austria as a result of Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
01 February 1944
Commissioned by the U.S. Office of War Information, this short film features conductor Arturo Toscanini leading the NBC Symphony Orchestra, tenor Jan Peerce, and the Westminster Choir in Verdi’s Inno delle nazioni.
07 February 1950
Husband and wife struggle to attain a balance of power in their marriage in this neorealist social guidance film.
21 April 1967
Youth in Canada learning to come to terms with the world in which they have to live. A picture of the journey to adulthood - a composite of many children's journeys.
02 February 2002
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.
01 January 1930
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.
01 April 1997
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 his world.
01 January 1944
A woman washes up on a beach and embarks on a surreal journey, encountering others and fragmented versions of herself in a quest for identity.
13 March 1939
A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2.
01 January 1943
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality.
24 April 1986
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and recordings of her lectures.
07 February 1950
Analysis of personality cited as an important step in choosing the right partner for marriage. Emphasis is placed on choosing marriage partners with care and on accepting the other for what he or she is.
27 November 1931
Mimi lives with her parents and the maid Fanka in a villa near the forest. One day, a gamekeeper comes to court Mimi when her parents are away.
22 December 1946
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.
01 May 1931
Two secretaries go out on a double date, but the inexperienced Mary flees when offered money for sexual favors.
03 January 1930
Andrea, the beautiful daughter of a railway gateman, is seduced by a rich passenger, who missed his train.
01 January 1932
Cashier Ferdyš Pištora goes to rob the villa of banker Rosenštok. At that moment, a fire breaks out and Ferdyš saves the banker's two young children.
18 October 1935
On the coast of Yugoslavia lives fisherman Ivo Kralj, his wife Marie, son Vuk, and Ivo's mother in one happy home.
31 January 1930
An unknown gang has again broken into a van containing money from the European bank. Banker Sam Hamilton decides to use an armoured car for the next money transport.
15 March 2002
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
30 January 2012
This documentary interweaves films and voice recordings by Maya Deren with interviews featuring colleagues and contemporaries who worked with or knew her firsthand.
07 February 1941
Documentary examining the conflicts between the coming of modernization and the traditional culture of a small Mexican village.
17 September 2007
One of the great artistic forces of the 20th century, performer, choreographer, and teacher Martha Graham influenced dance around the world.
01 January 1929
Karel Plicka was also cinematographer of this short movie. Editor in charge was Alexander Hackenschmied.
26 June 1964
Promotional film extolling the wonders to be seen at the New York World's Fair.
03 November 1945
A Better Tomorrow (1945) is a documentary short that focuses on New York City progressive public schools.
13 July 1934
A 13-minute documentary film depicting life in Prague.
27 October 1933
A cinematic poem with an impressive soundtrack that complements and completes the cinematic sketches of the folk culture of the Slovak nation previously made by ethno-photographer and director Karel Plicka.
01 January 1951
About a derelict and forgotten character hiding in a room somewhere in South America.
01 April 1941
The River of Life and Death captures the slow time in the well-known Indian pilgrimage place of Benares, the act of purification by water, the burning funeral pyres, and the dandling snakeheads under the temple stairs.
01 January 1935
A school boy cannot think what to write in an essay assignment about spring. His father cannot come up with any new ideas either.
07 February 1931
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.
17 July 1948
1948 ARC Identifier 46998 / Local Identifier 306.131. FEATURES THE PERSONALITY, PHILOSOPHY, TECHNIQUES AND ARTISTRY OF EDWARD WESTON, AS SHOWN THROUGH SCENES OF THE ARTIST AT HOME, ON LOCATION AND AT WORK WITH HIS STUDENTS.
01 January 1945
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.
