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Alberto Cavalcanti

Alberto Cavalcanti

Highest Rated: 100% The New Enchantment (1924)

Lowest Rated: 93% Went the Day Well? (1942)

Birthday: Feb 6, 1897

Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Designed sets for French experimental filmmakers in the 1920s and directed his first film in 1926, the experimental city symphony "Rien que les heures." Cavalcanti moved to England in 1934, making documentaries and later documentary-influenced features at Ealing Studios before returning to Brazil in 1949. His best British features show considerable stylistic flair; working within the traditions of British realism, he nonetheless brought surrealistic touches to the genuinely odd wartime drama "Went the Day Well?" (1942) and his striking contributions to the classic anthology horror film, "Dead of Night" (1945). The latter film showcased Cavalcanti's occasional penchant for the expressionistic, which was highlighted in his masterful foray into film noir, "They Made Me a Fugitive" (1947).

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NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, director Alberto Cavalcanti (top), on set, 1947 tlaaonn1947-fsct13(tlaaonn1947-fsct13) NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, director Alberto Cavalcanti (right), on set, 1947 tlaaonn1947-fsct14(tlaaonn1947-fsct14) THE FIRST GENTLEMAN, Cecil Parker, Jean-Pierre Aumont, director Alberto Cavalcanti on set, 1948 THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE, Trevor Howard, Sally Gray, screenwriter Noel Langley, director Alberto Cavelcanti on set, 1947
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 92% Rockshow Director - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Monster of Highgates Pond Director - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Song of the Sea Director - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet For Them That Trespass Director - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The First Gentleman Director - 1948
No Score Yet 58% The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Director - 1947
No Score Yet 82% I Became a Criminal Director - 1947
93% 86% Dead of Night Director - 1945
No Score Yet 44% Champagne Charlie Director - 1944
93% 90% Went the Day Well? Director - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Captain Fracasse Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rien Que les Heures Director - 1926
No Score Yet 78% Rien que les heures (Nothing But Time) (Nothing But The Hours) Director - 1926
No Score Yet 67% The Living Dead Man Art Director - 1926
100% 54% The New Enchantment Art Director - 1924