Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

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,...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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

British war documentary

Londoners prepare for war.

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

Documentary about the construction of tlephone lines.