Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare....

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...

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...

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the...

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon...

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

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

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

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

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.

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to...

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.” -...

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

The story of a romance between the daughter of the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg.

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.