Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare....

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

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

The story of a romance between the daughter of the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg.

A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the...

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...

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

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

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...

In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's...

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

Rainbow Dance is a 1936 British animated film released by the GPO Film Unit. This is Lye's second film. It uses the Gasparcolor process.

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

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

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

A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide....

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...

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

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