Alberto Cavalcanti

Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto Cavalcanti (1982)

It starts in the Indian tabas, goes through colonial architecture and arrives in the Brazilian capital. The film follows a script left by Alberto Cavalcanti, after a trip to Brasilia in 1978. ...

Le Voyageur du silence (1978)

Where he goes, he doesn't need luggage... A very talkative traveler settles in the only wagon occupied by a man with a strange diction. The train is moving forward, everything becomes worrying around it. Unable to get out of its cabin, the train runs at fu ...

Um Homem e o Cinema (1976)

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker. ...

La visite de la vieille dame (1971)

Adaptation for TV of the play by Friedrich Durrenmatt. A very rich old lady arrives in her nearly bankrupt native village. She is ready to come to the rescue but only if her old lover who had once abandoned her pregnant is killed. ...

The Monster of Highgate Ponds (1961)

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

Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1960)

This first film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play about class distinctions was made in 1955 in the Vienna Rosenhügel studios, but it was only premiered five years later. Curt Bois plays the rich capitalist Puntila who only becomes somewhat agreeable whe ...

Venetian Honeymoon (1959)

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 elegant Isabella gets to know the handsome heir to the throne - and it does not take long for her to fall ma ...

The Wind Rose (1957)

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

A Real Woman (1955)

A nurse falls in love with her patient and secretly marries him. When treating another patient, he falls in love with her and, pretending to be in agony, asks for one last wish: to marry him, and she accepts. ...

Song of the Sea (1953)

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 Recife, to get a vessel to Santos expecting to have a better life in the Southern. In the poor area of Reci ...

Simão, o Caolho (1952)

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 vengeance: the power of invisibility. He becomes multi millionaire in the meat market and after entering politic ...

Terra é Sempre Terra (1951)

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

Angela (1951)

A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide. But one of the winners falls for his stepdaughter, and this could change the situation. ...

Caiçara (1950)

Marina, a beautiful young woman with leprous parents, marries a shipyard owner to escape an institution. She moves to a coastal village, faces gossip, and is assaulted by her husband's partner. After her husband dies in a boat accident, a handsome sailor a ...

For Them That Trespass (1949)

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 begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, ...

The First Gentleman (1948)

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

They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)

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

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)

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

Dead of Night (1945)

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread. ...

Champagne Charlie (1944)

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

Three Songs of Resistance (1944)

A French-language Free French propaganda short made in wartime London: Germaine Sablon performs three resistance songs—most notably the first filmed performance of "Le Chant des Partisans" (music: Anna Marly; lyrics: Joseph Kessel & Maurice Druon)—for ...

Greek Testament (1943)

British war documentary ...

The Sky’s the Limit (1943)

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

Went the Day Well? (1942)

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 preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they d ...

The Foreman Went to France (1942)

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. ...

Alice in Switzerland (1942)

Film and Reality (1942)

A British documentary ...

Find, Fix and Strike (1942)

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

Yellow Caesar (1941)

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

Young Veteran (1940)

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

Mastery of the Sea (1940)

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort. ...

Sea Fort (1940)

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

French Communique (1940)

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come. ...

La Cause Commune (1940)

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come. ...

Salvage with a Smile (1940)

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 war effort. ...

Cargoes (1939)

Shot in mid-1939 as S.S. Ionian (also shown as Her Last Trip), Humphrey Jennings's GPO short follows the Royal Mail steamer on a last peacetime run through the Mediterranean—Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Haifa—under the gaze of the Mediterranean Fleet ...

A Midsummer Day's Work (1939)

The laying of underground telephone cables. ...

Spare Time (1939)

Spare Time is a 1939 British film directed by Humphrey Jennings for the GPO Film Unit, and made for the 1939 New York World's Fair. It is 15 minutes long and documents the leisure activities of workers in the coal, steel, and cotton industries in Sheffield ...

The First Days (1939)

Londoners prepare for war. ...

Men of the Alps (1939)

The Chiltern Country (1939)

"The rolling hills and wide valleys of the Chilterns are given centre stage in this travelogue aimed at boosting tourism … The Chilterns are a range of rolling hills not far from Greater London; starting at the Thames in Oxfordshire and meandering in a n ...

North Sea (1938)

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

N or NW (1938)

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends well, but with the moral that correspondents should get the address right. ...

Speaking from America (1938)

How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted across the waters. Engineers of the Post Office describe how they are improving the service. ...

Mony a Pickle (1938)

A brisk GPO Film Unit promo for the Post Office Savings Bank: pub talk and daydream vignettes tout penny-by-penny thrift, peaking in a playful Norman McLaren passage where household furniture springs to life—selling the idea that "many a little makes a l ...

Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy (1938)

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

We Live in Two Worlds (1937)

The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military preoccupations of individual nations. ...

Line to the Tschierva Hut (1937)

Documentary about the construction of telephone lines. ...

Daily Round (1937)

"Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but this Devon postie has some startling ideas about improving efficiency... The inimitable Richard Massingham, a doc ...

Rainbow Dance (1936)

Rainbow Dance is a 1936 British animated film released by the GPO Film Unit. This is Lye's second film. It uses the Gasparcolor process. ...

Message from Geneva (1936)

This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation. Using the Swiss office of the BBC as an example, the film describes the functioning of radio and presents th ...

BBC: The Voice of Britain (1935)

A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and transmitters, weaving speeches, music, and outside broadcasts—featuring voices like H. G. Wells and Ramsay MacDon ...

The King's Stamp (1935)

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny post. ...

Coal Face (1935)

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

The Song of Ceylon (1934)

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs. ...

Granton Trawler (1934)

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

The Glorious Sixth of June (1934)

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 the announcement... ...

Coralie and Company (1934)

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

Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (1934)

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have children; the Potts are unconventional and unhappy, without children. ...

Montmartre qui tourne (1934)

New Rates (1934)

Le mari garçon (1933)

Wanting to hide in the countryside, a young couple finds all the friends they were fleeing from. ...

Plaisirs défendus (1933)

The Brazilian thing (1932)

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 reach a settlement, that she must sign. In this settlement she will promise to break with her lover. He can t ...

Tour of Song (1932)

Halfway Up the Sky (1931)

The Devil's Holiday (1931)

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

In a lost island (1931)

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 ruffians search for gold there, he summons the courage to defend her and his turf. ...

Um Homem e o Cinema (1976)

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker. ...

Grierson (1973)

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, interviews with people who knew him and footage of Grierson himself, this film is a sensitive and in ...

Alberto Cavalcanti (1970)

Lettres de Stalingrad (1969)

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 grunts endured is lamentable. One complains of returning home an invalid. An SS man has bad dreams about the Ru ...

Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (1934)

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have children; the Potts are unconventional and unhappy, without children. ...