Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

  • 1934
    Granton Trawler

    Granton Trawler

    Granton Trawler

    4.91934HD

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

    Granton Trawler
  • 1949
    For Them That Trespass

    For Them That Trespass

    For Them That Trespass

    5.21949HD

    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...

    For Them That Trespass
  • 1969
    Lettres de Stalingrad

    Lettres de Stalingrad

    Lettres de Stalingrad

    01969HD

    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...

    Lettres de Stalingrad
  • 1938
    Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy

    Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy

    Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy

    01938HD

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

    Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy
  • 1921
    El Dorado

    El Dorado

    El Dorado

    6.61921HD

    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...

    El Dorado
  • 1929
    Paris Cinéma

    Paris Cinéma

    Paris Cinéma

    91929HD

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

    Paris Cinéma
  • 1934
    The Glorious Sixth of June

    The Glorious Sixth of June

    The Glorious Sixth of June

    01934HD

    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 Glorious Sixth of June
  • 1940
    Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

    01940HD

    Wartime propaganda short in which a professor enlists the help of a dustman to explain the importance of saving paper, bones and metal to help the...

    Salvage with a Smile
  • 1941
    Yellow Caesar

    Yellow Caesar

    Yellow Caesar

    5.81941HD

    Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

    Yellow Caesar
  • 1951
    Angela

    Angela

    Angela

    01951HD

    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....

    Angela
  • 1940
    Sea Fort

    Sea Fort

    Sea Fort

    01940HD

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

    Sea Fort
  • 1933
    Le mari garçon

    Le mari garçon

    Le mari garçon

    01933HD

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

    Le mari garçon
  • 1929
    Train Without Eyes

    Train Without Eyes

    Train Without Eyes

    01929HD

    Train Without Eyes
  • 1960
    Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti

    Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti

    Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti

    01960HD

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

    Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
  • 1957
    The Wind Rose

    The Wind Rose

    The Wind Rose

    51957HD

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

    The Wind Rose
  • 1943
    The Sky’s the Limit

    The Sky’s the Limit

    The Sky’s the Limit

    01943HD

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

    The Sky’s the Limit
  • 1951
    Terra é Sempre Terra

    Terra é Sempre Terra

    Terra é Sempre Terra

    01951HD

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

    Terra é Sempre Terra
  • 1955
    Mulher de Verdade

    Mulher de Verdade

    Mulher de Verdade

    51955HD

    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...

    Mulher de Verdade
  • 1926
    Nothing But Time

    Nothing But Time

    Nothing But Time

    7.2781926HD

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

    Nothing But Time
  • 1923
    Résurrection

    Résurrection

    Résurrection

    01923HD

    Résurrection