Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide....

Shot in mid-1939 as S.S. Ionian (also shown as Her Last Trip), Humphrey Jennings’s GPO short follows the Royal Mail steamer on a last peacetime...

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

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 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...

Londoners prepare for war.

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

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

A famous singer Claire Lescot, who lives on the outskirts of Paris, is courted by many men, including a maharajah, Djorah de Nopur, and a young...

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

A behind-the-scenes GPO Film Unit documentary (directed by Stuart Legg) that races from studio rehearsals and newsrooms to control rooms and...

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

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

How news of a general reduction in GPO charges was finally brought to parliament and the people, despite attempts by the country's enemies to prevent...

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 British documentary

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival...

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...