Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

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...

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

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...

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...

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,...

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

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...