Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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...

British war documentary

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

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have...

The laying of underground telephone cables.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The ill-fated romance of a brow-beaten seaport slum café waitress and a young man with a possessive mother, who dreams of going out to sea.

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

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

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

Londoners prepare for war.