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

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

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...

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

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

The laying of underground telephone cables.

The production of King George V's Silver Jubilee (1910-1935) special postage stamp, and a brief dramatised history of the development of the penny...

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

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...

French Resistance propaganda film. Filmed in wartime London and distributed to the Free French troops in England and Canada. Germaine Sablon...

“The rolling hills and wide valleys of the Chilterns are given centre stage in this travelogue aimed at boosting tourism … The Chilterns...

Literary adaptation: A female musician in Asia's tropics escapes from harassers' advances to an island where a timid man has retreated. Later when 3...