Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

The story of a romance between the daughter of the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg.

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

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

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

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

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

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,...

It starts in the Indian tabas, goes through colonial architecture and arrives in the Brazilian capital. The film follows a script left by Alberto...

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

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