Alberto Cavalcanti (1897 - 1982)

Brazilian-born film director and producer

* February 6, 1897 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 as Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti
 August 23, 1982 Paris, France


Books on Alberto Cavalcanti

Ian Aitken
Alberto Cavalcanti, Realism, surrealism and national cinemas
Trowbridge, 2000

Books with substantial mentioning of Alberto Cavalcanti

John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume I
New York, NY, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Harry Waldman Scenes Unseen Harry Waldman
Scenes Unseen, Unreleased and Uncompleted Films from the World's Master Filmmakers, 1912-1990
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Books with an entry on Alberto Cavalcanti

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Brian McFarlane (ed.) The Encyclopedia of British Film Brian McFarlane (ed.)
The Encyclopedia of British Film
London, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Zweiter Band, C-F
Berlin, 2001

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1983, A Survey of 1982 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1983
pp. 529-530 info

Articles on Alberto Cavalcanti

Nick James, Britain's secret Brazilian, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 8, 2010 pp. 32-36

Films

1921
Eldorado

1923
Résurrection

1924
L'inondation

1926
Rien que les heures

1928
Yvette

1929
Le Capitaine Fracasse

1934
Coralie et Cie

1941
Men of the Lightship

1942
Went the Day Well?
The Foreman Went to France
The Big Blockade

1944
The Halfway House
Champagne Charlie

1945
Dead of Night

1947
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
They Made Me a Fugitive

1948
The First Gentleman

1949
For Them That Trespass

1957
Die Windrose

1959
La prima notte

1960
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti

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