Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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

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

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

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

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

Documentary about the construction of tlephone lines.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends...

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

A British documentary