Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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

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...

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...

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

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

A young couple goes through a plot unscathed in the welcoming salons of a large fashion house.

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...

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

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

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.

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...

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

Literary adaptation: A female musician in Asia's tropics escapes from harassers' advances to an island where a timid man has retreated. Later when 3...

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

This film is based on actual letters German soldiers sent home from the siege of Leningrad during World War II. The litany of trouble these poor...

“The rolling hills and wide valleys of the Chilterns are given centre stage in this travelogue aimed at boosting tourism … The Chilterns...