Directing · b. 1897 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alberto Cavalcanti

Biography

Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti was a Brazilian-born film director and producer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a prominent mathematician. He was a precociously intelligent child, and by the age of 15 was studying law at university. Following an argument with a professor he was expelled. His father sent him to Geneva, Switzerland on condition that he did not study law or politics. Cavalcanti chose to study architecture instead. At 18 he moved to Paris to work for an architect, later switching to working on interior design. After a visit back to Brazil he took up a position at the Braz...

Directed
Le Voyageur du silence 1978 Um Homem e o Cinema 1976 La visite de la vieille dame 1971 The Monster of Highgate Ponds 1961 Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti 1960 Venetian Honeymoon 1959 The Wind Rose 1957 A Real Woman 1955 Song of the Sea 1953 Simão, o Caolho 1952 For Them That Trespass 1949 The First Gentleman 1948 They Made Me a Fugitive 1947 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1947 Dead of Night 1945 Champagne Charlie 1944 Three Songs of Resistance 1944 The Sky’s the Limit 1943 Went the Day Well? 1942 Alice in Switzerland 1942 Film and Reality 1942 Yellow Caesar 1941 Mastery of the Sea 1940 Young Veteran 1940 La Cause Commune 1940 French Communique 1940 Men of the Alps 1939 A Midsummer Day's Work 1939 The Chiltern Country 1939 Health of a Nation 1939 Mony a Pickle 1938 Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy 1938 We Live in Two Worlds 1937 Line to the Tschierva Hut 1937 Who Writes to Switzerland? 1937 Message from Geneva 1936 Coal Face 1935 New Rates 1934 Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs 1934 The Glorious Sixth of June 1934 Montmartre qui tourne 1934 Coralie and Company 1934 Plaisirs défendus 1933 Le mari garçon 1933 Tour of Song 1932 The Brazilian thing 1932 Halfway Up the Sky 1931 In a lost island 1931 The Devil's Holiday 1931 Little Red Riding Hood 1930 A Canção do Berço 1930 Toute sa vie 1930 Captain Fracasse 1929 Train Without Eyes 1929 La P’tite Lili 1927 Sea Fever 1927 Yvette 1927 La jalousie du barbouillé 1927 Nothing But Time 1926 Essais d'acteurs : Ève Francis 1926
Acting
Cavalcanti Self (archive footage) 2026 Grierson Self 1973 Alberto Cavalcanti Self 1970 Lettres de Stalingrad Astronomer 1969 Paris Cinéma Self 1929
Other Credits
Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto Cavalcanti Screenplay 1982 Terra é Sempre Terra Producer 1951 Angela Writer 1951 Caiçara Producer 1950 Greek Testament Producer 1943 The Foreman Went to France Associate Producer 1942 Find, Fix and Strike Producer 1942 Sea Fort Producer 1940 Salvage with a Smile Associate Producer 1940 Cargoes Producer 1939 The First Days Producer 1939 Spare Time Producer 1939 Men in Danger Producer 1939 North Sea Producer 1938 N or NW Producer 1938 Speaking from America Producer 1938 Daily Round Producer 1937 Rainbow Dance Producer 1936 BBC: The Voice of Britain Producer 1935 The King's Stamp Producer 1935
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