Alexander Hammid Movies

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...

Karel Plicka was also cinematographer of this short movie. Editor in charge was Alexander Hackenschmied. There is an extraordinary emotional charge,...

On the coast of Yugoslavia lives fisherman Ivo Kralj, his wife Marie, son Vuk, and Ivo's mother in one happy home. Marie, who loves her husband and...

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...

Andrea, the beautiful daughter of a railway gateman, is seduced by a rich passenger, who missed his train. Left pregnant, Andrea marries another man...

One of the great artistic forces of the 20th century, performer, choreographer, and teacher Martha Graham influenced dance around the world....

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...

A school boy cannot think what to write in an essay assignment about spring. His father cannot come up with any new ideas either.

Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances...

A 13-minute documentary film depicting life in Prague.

About a derelict and forgotten character hiding in a room somewhere in South America.

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Promotional film extolling the wonders to be seen at the New York World's Fair.

Documentary examining the conflicts between the coming of modernization and the traditional culture of a small Mexican village.

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