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The Prague Castle

The Prague Castle

Na Pražském hradě

Alexander Hackenschmied | Czechoslovakia | 1931 | 12' |

| IFFR 2026

An intricate study of Prague castle shot with a handheld camera and created in close collaboration with the composer František Bartoš. Did the shapes of the building, its symmetries, architectural arcs and lines provoke the sounds, or did the music reveal itself in the architecture?

– Olaf Möller

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