Alberto Cavalcanti Filmes

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

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

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

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

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...

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

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

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

Caiçara is a 1950 Brazilian drama film directed by and starring Adolfo Celi. It was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival at the 1951...

British war documentary

The whimsical Riquet's has kidnapped and married a well-born young girl, Ralda. They travel around Spain performing their act in a circus but Ralda's...

This is 1929: the little red riding hood is still with us and her life is more complicated than ever. She still has to go through the forest and she...

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,...

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...

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

Paris 1883. Yvette is the daughter of a courtesan who serves men of wealth and status. She is unaware of how her mother makes money and why they are...