Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

The administrator of an abandoned coffee farm and inveterate gambler saves money to buy the property, even knowing of the loving connections between...

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

Documentary on savings

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

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

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

Caiçara is a 1950 Brazilian drama film directed by and starring Adolfo Celi. It was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival at the 1951...

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

French Resistance propaganda film. Filmed in wartime London and distributed to the Free French troops in England and Canada. Germaine Sablon...

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...

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