Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

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...

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

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...

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

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...

A New York music-hall actress lives in a miserable loveless marriage. After a violent scene, the man leaves her, taking their baby and leaving it...

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...

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

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...

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

British war documentary

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

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

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.