Movies by Alberto Cavalcanti

Coal Face

Coal Face

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

Venetian Honeymoon

Venetian Honeymoon

There is a lot of excitement in the high society of Venice: An Arab prince, who always travels incognito, is said to be in the city. By chance, the elegant Isabella gets to know the handsome heir to the throne - and it does not take long for her to fall madly in love with him. Isabella has no idea that her dream man is really the impostor Gérard, who looks remarkably like the prince and was hounded by the sleazy crook Alfredo on Isabella to steal their precious jewelry.

Message from Genova

Message from Genova

This expository film shows the mood of European society on the eve of the Second World War while promoting the values of international cooperation. Using the Swiss office of the BBC as an example, the film describes the functioning of radio and presents the possibilities opened by mass communications. After the advent of sound film, Cavalcanti promoted experimentation with sound, and in this connection he was interested in the communicational, organizational, and social aspects of radio.

Song of the Sea

Song of the Sea

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 Recife, to get a vessel to Santos expecting to have a better life in the Southern. In the poor area of Recife, an old washerwoman launders clothes to survive and support her family. Her husband Zé Luis, a former sailor, is crazy due to a hit of the boom of a mast on his head. Her older son Raimundo works in a grocery and selling mangoes on the street, trying to save money to move to the Southeas...

Yellow Caesar

Yellow Caesar

Using edited archive footage, mockery is made of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini.

The First Gentleman

The First Gentleman

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

Young Veteran

Young Veteran

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.