Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

  • 1940
    Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

    01940HD

    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...

    Salvage with a Smile
  • 1936
    Message from Genova

    Message from Genova

    Message from Genova

    01936HD

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

    Message from Genova
  • 1924
    The Gallery of Monsters

    The Gallery of Monsters

    The Gallery of Monsters

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    The whimsical Riquet's has kidnapped and married a well-born young girl, Ralda. They travel around Spain performing their act in a circus but Ralda's...

    The Gallery of Monsters
  • 1951
    Terra é Sempre Terra

    Terra é Sempre Terra

    Terra é Sempre Terra

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    The administrator of an abandoned coffee farm and inveterate gambler saves money to buy the property, even knowing of the loving connections between...

    Terra é Sempre Terra
  • 1950
    Caiçara

    Caiçara

    Caiçara

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    Caiçara is a 1950 Brazilian drama film directed by and starring Adolfo Celi. It was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival at the 1951...

    Caiçara
  • 1934
    The Song of Ceylon

    The Song of Ceylon

    The Song of Ceylon

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

    The Song of Ceylon
  • 1935
    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    BBC: The Voice of Britain

    01935HD

    An impressionistic portrait of the BBC.

    BBC: The Voice of Britain
  • 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
  • 1953
    Song of the Sea

    Song of the Sea

    Song of the Sea

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    In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to...

    Song of the Sea
  • 1978
    Le Voyageur du silence

    Le Voyageur du silence

    Le Voyageur du silence

    01978HD

    Where he goes, he doesn't need luggage... A very talkative traveler settles in the only wagon occupied by a man with a strange diction. The train is...

    Le Voyageur du silence
  • 1933
    Plaisirs défendus

    Plaisirs défendus

    Plaisirs défendus

    01933HD

    Plaisirs défendus
  • 1932
    Tour of Song

    Tour of Song

    Tour of Song

    01932HD

    Tour of Song
  • 1937
    Daily Round

    Daily Round

    Daily Round

    01937HD

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

    Daily Round
  • 1934
    Montmartre qui tourne

    Montmartre qui tourne

    Montmartre qui tourne

    01934HD

    Montmartre qui tourne
  • 1976
    Um Homem e o Cinema

    Um Homem e o Cinema

    Um Homem e o Cinema

    01976HD

    Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

    Um Homem e o Cinema
  • 1938
    Mony a Pickle

    Mony a Pickle

    Mony a Pickle

    3.51938HD

    Documentary on savings

    Mony a Pickle
  • 1927
    The Little People

    The Little People

    The Little People

    01927HD

    The Little People
  • 1939
    The First Days

    The First Days

    The First Days

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    Londoners prepare for war.

    The First Days
  • 1932
    The Brazilian thing

    The Brazilian thing

    The Brazilian thing

    01932HD

    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
  • 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