Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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

French Resistance propaganda film. Filmed in wartime London and distributed to the Free French troops in England and Canada. Germaine Sablon...

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...

Londoners prepare for war.

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

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

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

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

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,...

Shot circa 1926, these two screen tests are made up of various takes for two films by Alberto Cavalcanti and Jacques de Baroncelli.

Documentary about the construction of tlephone lines.

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort.

Betty marries rich Allan out of interest and drives a wedge between him and his family.