Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

The picture shows the industrialization of England, and the measures taken to clean up afterwards: a lyrical counterpart of Men In Danger, and a...

Betty marries rich Allan out of interest and drives a wedge between him and his family.

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

There is a lot of excitement in the high society of Venice: An Arab prince, who always travels incognito, is said to be in the city. By chance, the...

This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation....

Marina, a beautiful young woman with leprous parents, marries a shipyard owner to escape an institution. She moves to a coastal village, faces...

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

A re-creation of a bombing raid on Hanover, with the objective of promoting war savings bonds.

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.

When a Parisian bank clerk is tasked with transporting valuable stock certificates to Nice, his scheming rival steals the documents to ruin him and...

“Musical performers Henry Hall and his Orchestra hog the limelight in this promotional film, ostensibly for Ascot gas water heaters.” -...

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

A New York music-hall actress lives in a miserable loveless marriage. After a violent scene, the man leaves her, taking their baby and leaving it...

How news of a general reduction in GPO charges was finally brought to parliament and the people, despite attempts by the country's enemies to prevent...

Paris 1883. Yvette is the daughter of a courtesan who serves men of wealth and status. She is unaware of how her mother makes money and why they are...

A French-language Free French propaganda short made in wartime London: Germaine Sablon performs three resistance songs—most notably the first...

British war documentary