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Alberto Cavalcanti

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Overview

Date of Death:
23 August 1982, Paris, France more
Mini Biography:
Born in Brazil, 1897. Alberto Cavalcanti's early career began in France... more
Trivia:
Best remembered as the director of the terrifying and now much copied... more
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
Alternate Names:
A. Cavalcanti | Cavalcanti

Filmography

Director:
  1. Um Homem e o Cinema (1977)
  2. Visite de la vieille dame, La (1971) (TV)

  3. Empaillés, Les (1969) (TV)
  4. Story of Israel (1967)
  5. Yerma (1962)
  6. The Monster of Highgate Ponds (1961)

  7. Prima notte, La (1959)
    ... aka Noces vénitiennes, Les (France)
    ... aka Venetian Honeymoon (International: English title)
  8. Windrose, Die (1957) (Russian segment)
    ... aka A Rosa-dos-Ventos (Brazil)
    ... aka Rose of the Winds
  9. Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (1955)
    ... aka Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
  10. Mulher de Verdade (1954)
    ... aka A Real Woman (USA)
    ... aka Woman of Truth (International: English title)
  11. Canto do Mar, O (1952)
    ... aka Song of the Sea (USA)
  12. Simão o Caolho (1952)
    ... aka Simon the One-Eyed (USA)

  13. For Them That Trespass (1949)
  14. The First Gentleman (1948)
    ... aka Affairs of a Rogue (USA)
  15. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) (as Cavalcanti)
    ... aka I Became a Criminal (USA)
  16. Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
    ... aka The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  17. Dead of Night (1945) (segments "Christmas Party" and "Ventriloquist's Dummy, The") (as Cavalcanti)
  18. Champagne Charlie (1944)
  19. The Halfway House (1944) (uncredited)
    ... aka Halfway House
  20. Waterlight (1943)
  21. Went the Day Well? (1942) (as Cavalcanti)
    ... aka 48 Hours (USA)
  22. Alice in Switzerland (1942)
  23. Film and Reality (1942) (compilation)
  24. Yellow Caesar (1941)

  25. Men of the Alps (1939)
  26. A Midsummer Day's Work (1939)
  27. Four Barriers (1938)
  28. The Line to Tschierva Hut (1937)
  29. We Live in Two Worlds (1937)
  30. Who Writes to Switzerland (1937)
  31. Message from Geneva (1936)
  32. Coal Face (1935)
  33. Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (1934) (as A. Cavalcanti)
  34. New Rates (1934)
  35. Coralie et Cie (1933)
    ... aka Coralie and Company (International: English title)
  36. Mari garçon, Le (1933)
  37. Plaisirs défendus (1933)
  38. En lisant le journal (1932)
  39. Jour du frotteur, Le (1932)
  40. Nous ne ferons jamais le cinéma (1932)
  41. Revue montmartroise (1932)
    ... aka Montmartre qui tourne
  42. Tour de chant (1932)
  43. Truc du Brésilien, Le (1932) (as Cavalcanti)
  44. À mi-chemin du ciel (1931)
    ... aka Halfway Up the Sky (International: English title)
  45. A Canção do Berço (1931)
  46. Vacances du diable, Les (1931)
  47. Toute sa vie (1930)
  48. Petit chaperon rouge, Le (1930)
    ... aka Little Red Riding Hood (USA)
  49. Dans une île perdue (1930)
  50. Vous verrez la semaine prochaine (1930)

  51. Capitaine Fracasse, Le (1929)
    ... aka Captain Fracasse (International: English title)
  52. Jalousie du barbouillé, La (1929)
  53. En rade (1928)
    ... aka Sea Fever
  54. Yvette (1928)
  55. P'tite Lili, La (1927)
  56. Train sans yeux, Le (1927)
    ... aka Train Without Eyes (International: English title)
  57. Rien que les heures (1926)
    ... aka Nothing But Time (International: English title)
    ... aka Nothing But the Hours (USA: literal English title)
Producer:
  1. Mulher de Verdade (1954) (producer)
    ... aka A Real Woman (USA)
    ... aka Woman of Truth (International: English title)
  2. Canto do Mar, O (1952) (producer)
    ... aka Song of the Sea (USA)
  3. Santuário (1952) (producer)
  4. Terra É Sempre Terra (1952) (producer)
  5. Painel (1951) (producer)
  6. Caiçara (1950) (producer)

  7. The Halfway House (1944) (associate producer) (as Cavalcanti)
    ... aka Halfway House
  8. The Foreman Went to France (1942) (associate producer)
    ... aka Somewhere in France
  9. Greek Testament (1942) (producer) (as Cavalcanti)
  10. The Big Blockade (1940) (associate producer)
  11. Men of the Lightship (1940) (producer)
  12. Spring Offensive (1940) (producer) (as Cavalcanti)
    ... aka An Unrecorded Victory

  13. The First Days (1939) (producer)
    ... aka A City Prepares (UK)
  14. Forty Million People (1939) (producer)
  15. Love on the Wing (1939) (producer) (uncredited)
  16. Spare Time (1939) (producer)
  17. Squadron 992 (1939) (producer) (as Cavalcanti)
  18. North Sea (1938) (producer) (as Cavalcanti)
  19. North or Northwest (1938) (supervising producer)
    ... aka N or NW
  20. Book Bargain (1937) (producer)
Writer:
  1. Windrose, Die (1957) (Brazilian segment)
    ... aka A Rosa-dos-Ventos (Brazil)
    ... aka Rose of the Winds
  2. Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (1955) (writer) (as Cavalcanti)
    ... aka Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
  3. Mulher de Verdade (1954) (story)
    ... aka A Real Woman (USA)
    ... aka Woman of Truth (International: English title)
  4. Canto do Mar, O (1952) (writer)
    ... aka Song of the Sea (USA)
  5. Simão o Caolho (1952) (writer)
    ... aka Simon the One-Eyed (USA)
  6. Ângela (1951) (writer)
  7. Caiçara (1950) (writer)

  8. Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (1934) (uncredited)
  9. À mi-chemin du ciel (1931) (adaptation)
    ... aka Halfway Up the Sky (International: English title)
  10. Vacances du diable, Les (1931) (screenplay)

  11. Capitaine Fracasse, Le (1929) (writer)
    ... aka Captain Fracasse (International: English title)
  12. Jalousie du barbouillé, La (1929) (writer)
  13. Tire au flanc (1928) (scenario) (uncredited) (scenario)
    ... aka The Sad Sack (International: English title)
  14. En rade (1928) (writer)
    ... aka Sea Fever
Sound Department:
  1. Night Mail (1936) (sound director)
  2. Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (1934) (sound designer) (uncredited)
  3. Granton Trawler (1934) (sound designer) (uncredited)
  4. Song of Ceylon (1934) (sound supervisor) (uncredited)
Art Director:
  1. Turned Out Nice Again (1941)

  2. Feu Mathias Pascal (1926)
    ... aka The Late Mathias Pascal (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka The Living Dead Man (International: English title)
  3. Inhumaine, L' (1924)
    ... aka The Inhuman Woman (UK)
    ... aka The New Enchantment
Actor:
  1. Lettres de Stalingrad (1969) .... Astronomer
    ... aka Letters from Stalingrad (International: English title)

  2. Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (1934) (uncredited) .... J. Leviticus
Art Department:
  1. Turned Out Nice Again (1941) (consultant art director)
  2. The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941) (consultant art director)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
  1. Feu Mathias Pascal (1926) (assistant director)
    ... aka The Late Mathias Pascal (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka The Living Dead Man (International: English title)
  2. Galerie des monstres, La (1924) (assistant director)
    ... aka Barraca de los monstruos, La (Spain)
    ... aka Gallery of Monsters (International: English title: informal literal title)
Costume Designer:
  1. Eldorado (1921)
    ... aka El Dorado (France)
Self:
  1. Um Homem e o Cinema (1977) .... Himself
  2. "Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait" (1974) TV series .... Himself
  3. Grierson (1973) .... Himself

  4. "Cinéastes de notre temps" .... Himself (1 episode, 1968)
        - La première vague (1968) TV episode .... Himself

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