Alberto Cavalcanti

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare (imdb)

The residents of a British village during WWII welcome a platoon of soldiers who are to be billeted with them. The trusting residents then discover that the soldiers are Germans who proceed to hold the village captive. (imdb)

Gang member is made a patsy, escapes from prison and seeks revenge on those who sent him up the river.

A short film publicizing the G.P.O. (General Post Office) Savings Bank. (imdb)

The life of a great city (Paris) from dawn until dusk, including the beautiful and the ragged, the rich and the poor, with little or no comment (intertitles) from the director (imdb)

A nurse is forced to lead a double life when a patient has a plan to marry her.

Nineteenth century England. When Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and leaves his family destitute, his uncle, the greedy moneylender, Ralph Nickleby, finds Nicholas a job teaching in a repulsive school in Yorkshire. Nicholas flees the school taking with him one of the persecuted boys, Smike, and they join a troop of actors. Nicholas then has to protect Smike, while trying to stop his Uncle Ralph taking advantage of his sister Kate, and later his sweetheart, Madeline Bray, whose father is in debto

In the middle of northeastern jungle, a family perish of misery. The mother took the responsibility of the family since his father is crazy and isolated from everyone. One of the children, dissatisfied with this situation of poverty, dreams of going to southern Brazil in search of a wedding and a better life. (wikipedia.org)

The human and social work in a coal mine in England. The living conditions of miners in and out of the underworld. (cinemateca.gov.br)

Little Miss Lili, a pretty girl of 16 years is a prostitute in the bad neighborhoods of Paris, on behalf of her friend and pimp, a little soulless thug. One gloomy day filled with mist, she tries to flee to escape her fate...

An artificial eye gives his owner the gift of invisibility.

One day, a troupe of travelling actors arrive and Sigognac, a penniless young aristocrat, invites them in his ruined castle, and forms an instant bond of friendship with them. He falls in love with the young ingenue, Isabelle, but a sense of duty to his ancestors prevents him from accepting an offer to travel with them to Paris. Later, he changes his mind, and he hastens after his new friends. When one of the actors dies, Sigognac takes his place, and becomes the Captain Fracasse...

Isabelle is a beautiful adventuress with valuable jewels, looking for a rich husband. Alfredo works as a barman, having long ago lost his money to a swindler. Gerard is a painter who sells copies as genuine masterpieces. When Gerard learns that Alfredo looks just like a rich Arab prince, he concocts a scheme to get his hands on Isabelle's jewels.

A young girl is murdered and Christopher Drew, zealous of his reputation, withholds information in case his relationship with her may damage his career. (BFI)

The story of a 19th century English music hall (vaudeville) performer and life behind the scenes. (imdb)

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

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 the announcement... (imdb)

The film, made to advertise domestic telephone sets, is based around two very different families. The Petts are conventional, happy and have children; the Potts are unconventional and unhappy, without children.

The author J.B. Priestley delivers a talk about cross-border trade and communications as a benign force, which he contrasts with the military preoccupations of individual nations. (imdb)

The laying of underground telephone cables. (imdb)

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come." A war documentary for the French.

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

The ill-fated romance of a brow-beaten seaport slum café waitress and a young man with a possessive mother, who dreams of going out to sea. (unifrance.org)

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate. (cftf.org.uk)