Alberto Cavalcanti Filmes

  • 1939
    The First Days

    The First Days

    The First Days

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    Londoners prepare for war.

    The First Days
  • 1926
    Nothing but Time

    Nothing but Time

    Nothing but Time

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

    Nothing but Time
  • 1932
    The Brazilian thing

    The Brazilian thing

    The Brazilian thing

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    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 Brazilian thing
  • 1934
    Coralie and Company

    Coralie and Company

    Coralie and Company

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

    Coralie and Company
  • 1933
    Plaisirs défendus

    Plaisirs défendus

    Plaisirs défendus

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    Plaisirs défendus
  • 1952
    Simão, o Caolho

    Simão, o Caolho

    Simão, o Caolho

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    A one-eyed businessman wants to become rich and retrieve his lost eye at any cost. He tries many schemes, and eventually regains his eye with a...

    Simão, o Caolho
  • 1921
    El Dorado

    El Dorado

    El Dorado

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    In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's...

    El Dorado
  • 1940
    French Communique

    French Communique

    French Communique

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    Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

    French Communique
  • 1927
    Yvette

    Yvette

    Yvette

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    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...

    Yvette
  • 1937
    Daily Round

    Daily Round

    Daily Round

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    “Catching up with gossip, inspecting new ducklings, clambering over gates, walking across meadows - the life of a postman appears idyllic, but...

    Daily Round
  • 1935
    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    BBC: The Voice of Britain

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    An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

    BBC: The Voice of Britain
  • 1930
    A Canção do Berço

    A Canção do Berço

    A Canção do Berço

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    A Canção do Berço
  • 1930
    Toute sa vie

    Toute sa vie

    Toute sa vie

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    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...

    Toute sa vie
  • 1927
    La P’tite Lili

    La P’tite Lili

    La P’tite Lili

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    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,...

    La P’tite Lili
  • 1931
    The Devil's Holiday

    The Devil's Holiday

    The Devil's Holiday

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

    The Devil's Holiday
  • 1929
    Captain Fracasse

    Captain Fracasse

    Captain Fracasse

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

    Captain Fracasse
  • 1955
    A Real Woman

    A Real Woman

    A Real Woman

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    A nurse falls in love with her patient and secretly marries him. When treating another patient, he falls in love with her and, pretending to be in...

    A Real Woman
  • 1943
    The Sky’s the Limit

    The Sky’s the Limit

    The Sky’s the Limit

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

    The Sky’s the Limit
  • 1937
    The Line to Tschierva Hut

    The Line to Tschierva Hut

    The Line to Tschierva Hut

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    Documentary about the construction of tlephone lines.

    The Line to Tschierva Hut
  • 1942
    Find, Fix and Strike

    Find, Fix and Strike

    Find, Fix and Strike

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

    Find, Fix and Strike