Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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...

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

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...

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

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British war documentary

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...

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

A nobleman decides to join a traveling group of actors to be with a girl he admires, but ultimately must rescue her from bandits

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...

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...

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

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,...

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

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 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...

“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.