Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

A nobleman decides to join a traveling group of actors to be with a girl he admires, but ultimately must rescue her from bandits

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's...

This first film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s play about class distinctions was made in 1955 in the Vienna Rosenhügel studios, but it was...

A famous singer Claire Lescot, who lives on the outskirts of Paris, is courted by many men, including a maharajah, Djorah de Nopur, and a young...

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

This is 1929: the little red riding hood is still with us and her life is more complicated than ever. She still has to go through the forest and she...

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have...

The life of a great city (Paris) from dawn until dusk, including the beautiful and the ragged, the rich and the poor.

The ill-fated romance of a brow-beaten seaport slum café waitress and a young man with a possessive mother, who dreams of going out to sea.

The whimsical Riquet's has kidnapped and married a well-born young girl, Ralda. They travel around Spain performing their act in a circus but Ralda's...

A one-eyed businessman wants to become rich and retrieve his lost eye at any cost. He tries many schemes, and eventually regains his eye with a...

Le P'tite Lili is a short film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti in 1927. This is a visual illustration of a song, The Lady of gravel and Benech Lilie,...

Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II.

A young man who loves his wife wants rid of his troublesome mistress. He dresses up as a wealthy Brazilian and seduces her in a jiffy. He hopes to...

The operation of a floating sea fort during WWII, and the lives of those who work on board.

It starts in the Indian tabas, goes through colonial architecture and arrives in the Brazilian capital. The film follows a script left by Alberto...