Alberto Cavalcanti Movies

Wanting to hide in the countryside, a young couple finds all the friends they were fleeing from.

Londoners prepare for war.

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...

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...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

Documentary on savings

Correspondence between young lovers nearly ends in disaster through a mistake in postal district. Fortunately the GPO spots the error and all ends...

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

Documentary about the construction of tlephone lines.

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

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

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...

Adaptation for TV of the play by Friedrich Durrenmatt. A very rich old lady arrives in her nearly bankrupt native village. She is ready to come to...

The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military...