Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

The first behind-the-scenes documentary in the film industry, from the making of a camera (Debrie) to studio shooting and directing, including...

Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".

In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to...

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

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

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

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

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

Wartime propaganda short in which a professor enlists the help of a dustman to explain the importance of saving paper, bones and metal to help the...

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...

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,...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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...

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.

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...

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...