Alberto Cavalcanti Movies
- 1934
Granton Trawler
Granton Trawler4.91934HD
Documentary following an Edinburgh fishing trawler, the "Isabella Grieg".
- 1949
For Them That Trespass
For Them That Trespass5.21949HD
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...
- 1969
Lettres de Stalingrad
Lettres de Stalingrad01969HD
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...
- 1938
Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy
Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy01938HD
“Musical performers Henry Hall and his Orchestra hog the limelight in this promotional film, ostensibly for Ascot gas water heaters.” -...
- 1921
El Dorado
El Dorado6.61921HD
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...
- 1929
Paris Cinéma
Paris Cinéma91929HD
The first behind-the-scenes documentary in the film industry, from the making of a camera (Debrie) to studio shooting and directing, including...
- 1934
The Glorious Sixth of June
The Glorious Sixth of June01934HD
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...
- 1940
Salvage with a Smile
Salvage with a Smile01940HD
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...
- 1941
Yellow Caesar
Yellow Caesar5.81941HD
Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.
- 1951
Angela
Angela01951HD
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....
- 1940
Sea Fort
Sea Fort01940HD
The operation of a floating sea fort during WWII, and the lives of those who work on board.
- 1933
Le mari garçon
Le mari garçon01933HD
Wanting to hide in the countryside, a young couple finds all the friends they were fleeing from.
- 1929
Train Without Eyes
Train Without Eyes01929HD
- 1960
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti01960HD
This first film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s play about class distinctions was made in 1955 in the Vienna Rosenhügel studios, but it was...
- 1957
The Wind Rose
The Wind Rose51957HD
An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.
- 1943
The Sky’s the Limit
The Sky’s the Limit01943HD
A re-creation of a bombing raid on Hanover, with the objective of promoting war savings bonds.
- 1951
Terra é Sempre Terra
Terra é Sempre Terra01951HD
The administrator of an abandoned coffee farm and inveterate gambler saves money to buy the property, even knowing of the loving connections between...
- 1955
Mulher de Verdade
Mulher de Verdade51955HD
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...
- 1926
Nothing But Time
Nothing But Time7.2781926HD
The life of a great city (Paris) from dawn until dusk, including the beautiful and the ragged, the rich and the poor.
- 1923
Résurrection
Résurrection01923HD