Movies: Alexander Hammid
- 1943
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
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A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen....
- 1944
At Land (1944)
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A dream-like narrative in which a woman (Deren), is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey, a quest for personal identity, encountering other people and other versions of herself....
- 1946
The Private Life of a Cat (1946)
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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....
- 2002
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002)
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Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s....
- 1941
The Forgotten Village (1941)
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Documentary examining the conflicts between the coming of modernization and the traditional culture of a small Mexican village....
- 1945
Library of Congress (1945)
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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. Overseas Film Bureau, and intended to show foreign viewers something about America and it's values, ...
- 1930
Erotikon (1930)
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Andrea, a beautiful daughter of a railway gateman, is seduced by a rich passenger, who missed his train. Left pregnant, Andrea marries another man and moves to Prague, only to encounter her former lover and recover her former lust....
- 1931
From Saturday to Sunday (1931)
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Two secretaries go out on a double date, but the inexperienced Mary flees when offered money for sexual favors. She takes refuge in a cafe and encounters a plebeian Prince Charming. The film recounts the simple progress of their romance after they...
- 1986
Invocation: Maya Deren (1986)
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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 St...
- 1932
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora (1932)
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- 1930
Armored Car (1930)
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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. He hires racing driver Charly Allan as the driver. Allan is invited to Hamilton's ho...
- 1964
To Be Alive! (1964)
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"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....
- 2012
Maya Deren, Take Zero (2012)
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This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander Hammid, Cecile Starr etc. Maya Deren (1917-1961) was an experimental filmmaker. In the 1940s and 1950...
- 1951
The Medium (1951)
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Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances......
- 1959
Power Among Men (1959)
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Four episodes on the theme of human hope and survival set in Santambrogio, Italy; Fermathe, Haiti; British Columbia and Kjeller in Norway....
- 1944
Hymn of the Nations (1944)
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Hymn of the Nations, originally titled Arturo Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations, is a 1944 film directed by Alexander Hammid, which features the "Inno delle nazioni," a patriotic work for tenor soloist, chorus, and orchestra, composed by Italian opera c...
- 1944
Valley of the Tennessee (1944)
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U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s....
- 1939
Crisis (1939)
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A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2....
- 1934
We Live in Prague (1934)
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A 13-minute documentary film depicting life in Prague....
- 1960
Night Journey (1960)
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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 stream-of-consciousness narration: Jocasta, as she is about to kill herself, remembering what has happened to her. I...