Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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,...

A young couple goes through a plot unscathed in the welcoming salons of a large fashion house.

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

The laying of underground telephone cables.

Literary adaptation: A female musician in Asia's tropics escapes from harassers' advances to an island where a timid man has retreated. Later when 3...

Documentary about the construction of tlephone lines.

Adaptation for TV of the play by Friedrich Durrenmatt. A very rich old lady arrives in her nearly bankrupt native village. She is ready to come to...

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

A young man who loves his wife wants rid of his troublesome mistress. He dresses up as a wealthy Brazilian and seduces her in a jiffy. He hopes to...

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

A nobleman decides to join a traveling group of actors to be with a girl he admires, but ultimately must rescue her from bandits

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...

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

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."