Filmography
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Known For
Song of the Sea Director (1953) -
Dead of Night Director (1945) -
I Became a Criminal Director (1947) -
Known For
A Real Woman Director (1954) -
Director
Um Homem e o Cinema (1977) -
La visite de la vieille dame (1971) -
Les empaillés (1969)
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Yerma (1962) -
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Venetian Honeymoon (1959) -
Die Windrose (1957) -
A Real Woman (1954)
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![Song of the Sea]( "Song of the Sea")
Song of the Sea (1953) -
![Simon the One-Eyed]( "Simon the One-Eyed")
Simon the One-Eyed (1952) -
![For Them That Trespass]( "For Them That Trespass")
For Them That Trespass (1949) -
![Affairs of a Rogue]( "Affairs of a Rogue")
Affairs of a Rogue (1948) -
![I Became a Criminal]( "I Became a Criminal")
I Became a Criminal (1947) -
![The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]( "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby")
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![Dead of Night]( "Dead of Night")
Dead of Night (1945) -
![Champagne Charlie]( "Champagne Charlie")
Champagne Charlie (1944) -
![The Halfway House]( "The Halfway House")
The Halfway House (1944) -
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
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Watertight (1943)
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Film and Reality (1942)
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![Went the Day Well?]( "Went the Day Well?")
Went the Day Well? (1942) -
![Alice in Switzerland]( "Alice in Switzerland")
Alice in Switzerland (1942) -
![Yellow Caesar]( "Yellow Caesar")
Yellow Caesar (1941) -
Mastery of the Sea (1940)
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La Cause Commune (1940)
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Young Veteran (1940)
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A Midsummer Day's Work (1939)
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Men of the Alps (1939)
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Four Barriers (1938)
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![Mony a Pickle]( "Mony a Pickle")
Mony a Pickle (1938) -
![We Live in Two Worlds]( "We Live in Two Worlds")
We Live in Two Worlds (1937) -
Who Writes to Switzerland (1937)
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The Line to Tschierva Hut (1937)
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Message from Geneva (1936)
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![Coal Face]( "Coal Face")
Coal Face (1935) -
The Glorious Sixth of June (1934)
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![Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs]( "Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs")
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New Rates (1934)
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Coralie and Company (1934)
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Revue montmartroise (1934)
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Plaisirs défendus (1933)
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Le mari garçon (1933)
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Tour de chant (1932)
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Le jour du frotteur (1932)
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En lisant le journal (1932)
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![Le truc du Brésilien]( "Le truc du Brésilien")
Le truc du Brésilien (1932) -
![À mi-chemin du ciel]( "À mi-chemin du ciel")
À mi-chemin du ciel (1931) -
Les vacances du diable (1931)
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![Dans une île perdue]( "Dans une île perdue")
Dans une île perdue (1931) -
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![A Canção do Berço]( "A Canção do Berço")
A Canção do Berço (1930) -
![Toute sa vie]( "Toute sa vie")
Toute sa vie (1930) -
Little Red Riding Hood (1930)
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La jalousie du barbouillé (1929)
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![Le capitaine Fracasse]( "Le capitaine Fracasse")
Le capitaine Fracasse (1929) -
Train Without Eyes (1929)
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![Yvette]( "Yvette")
Yvette (1928) -
![En rade]( "En rade")
En rade (1927) -
![La p'tite Lili]( "La p'tite Lili")
La p'tite Lili (1927) -
Director
![Nothing But Time]( "Nothing But Time")
Nothing But Time (1926) -
Producer
![A Real Woman]( "A Real Woman")
A Real Woman (1954) -
![Song of the Sea]( "Song of the Sea")
Song of the Sea (1953) -
![Santuário]( "Santuário")
Santuário (1952) -
![Terra É Sempre Terra]( "Terra É Sempre Terra")
Terra É Sempre Terra (1951) -
Painel (1951)
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![Caiçara]( "Caiçara")
Caiçara (1950) -
![The Halfway House]( "The Halfway House")
The Halfway House (1944) -
![The Shrine of Victory]( "The Shrine of Victory")
The Shrine of Victory (1943) -
![Find, Fix and Strike]( "Find, Fix and Strike")
Find, Fix and Strike (1942) -
![Somewhere in France]( "Somewhere in France")
Somewhere in France (1942) -
![The Big Blockade]( "The Big Blockade")
The Big Blockade (1942) -
![Men of the Lightship]( "Men of the Lightship")
Men of the Lightship (1941) -
Mastery of the Sea (1940)
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French Communique (1940)
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Young Veteran (1940)
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![Salvage with a Smile]( "Salvage with a Smile")
Salvage with a Smile (1940) -
![Squadron 992]( "Squadron 992")
Squadron 992 (1940) -
Sea Fort (1940)
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![Spring Offensive]( "Spring Offensive")
Spring Offensive (1940) -
Men in Danger (1939)
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Forty Million People (1939)
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The City (1939)
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![Love on the Wing]( "Love on the Wing")
Love on the Wing (1939) -
![The First Days]( "The First Days")
The First Days (1939) -
![Spare Time]( "Spare Time")
Spare Time (1939) -
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![Speaking from America]( "Speaking from America")
Speaking from America (1938) -
![N or NW]( "N or NW")
N or NW (1938) -
![The HPO]( "The HPO")
The HPO (1938) -
![North Sea]( "North Sea")
North Sea (1938) -
![Roadways]( "Roadways")
Roadways (1937) -
![Big Money]( "Big Money")
Big Money (1937) -
Daily Round (1937)
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![The Saving of Bill Blewitt]( "The Saving of Bill Blewitt")
The Saving of Bill Blewitt (1937) -
![Book Bargain]( "Book Bargain")
Book Bargain (1937) -
![Rainbow Dance]( "Rainbow Dance")
Rainbow Dance (1936) -
Producer
![BBC: The Voice of Britain]( "BBC: The Voice of Britain")
BBC: The Voice of Britain (1935) -
Writer
![Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti]( "Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti")
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![Die Windrose]( "Die Windrose")
Die Windrose (1957) -
![A Real Woman]( "A Real Woman")
A Real Woman (1954) -
![Song of the Sea]( "Song of the Sea")
Song of the Sea (1953) -
![Simon the One-Eyed]( "Simon the One-Eyed")
Simon the One-Eyed (1952) -
![Ângela]( "Ângela")
Ângela (1951) -
![Caiçara]( "Caiçara")
Caiçara (1950) -
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![Coal Face]( "Coal Face")
Coal Face (1935) -
![Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs]( "Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs")
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![Votre sourire]( "Votre sourire")
Votre sourire (1934) -
Coralie and Company (1934)
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![À mi-chemin du ciel]( "À mi-chemin du ciel")
À mi-chemin du ciel (1931) -
Les vacances du diable (1931)
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Little Red Riding Hood (1930)
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La jalousie du barbouillé (1929)
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![Le capitaine Fracasse]( "Le capitaine Fracasse")
Le capitaine Fracasse (1929) -
Writer
![En rade]( "En rade")
En rade (1927) -
Actor
![Letters from Stalingrad]( "Letters from Stalingrad")
Letters from Stalingrad Astronomer (1972) -
Actor
![Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs]( "Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs")
Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs J. Leviticus (1934) -
Editor
![Night Mail]( "Night Mail")
Night Mail (1936) -
![Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs]( "Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs")
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![The Amazon Head Hunters]( "The Amazon Head Hunters")
The Amazon Head Hunters (1932) -
Little Red Riding Hood (1930)
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EditorTrain Without Eyes (1929)
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Sound Department
![Night Mail]( "Night Mail")
Night Mail (1936) -
![Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs]( "Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs")
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Sound Department
![The Song of Ceylon]( "The Song of Ceylon")
The Song of Ceylon (1934) -
![Granton Trawler]( "Granton Trawler")
Granton Trawler (1934) -
Archive footage
![Omnibus]( "Omnibus")
Omnibus (1986) -
![He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life]( "He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life")
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Archive footage
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![Alberto Cavalcanti]( "Alberto Cavalcanti")
Alberto Cavalcanti (1970) -
Production DesignerThe Little People (1927)
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Production Designer
![The Flood]( "The Flood")
The Flood (1924) -
Résurrection (1923)
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Art Department
![Turned Out Nice Again]( "Turned Out Nice Again")
Turned Out Nice Again (1941) -
![The Ghost of St. Michael's]( "The Ghost of St. Michael's")
The Ghost of St. Michael's (1941) -
Art Director
![The Living Dead Man]( "The Living Dead Man")
The Living Dead Man (1925) -
![L'inhumaine]( "L'inhumaine")
L'inhumaine (1924) -
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
![The Living Dead Man]( "The Living Dead Man")
The Living Dead Man (1925) -
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
![La galerie des monstres]( "La galerie des monstres")
La galerie des monstres (1924) -
Costume Designer
![Eldorado]( "Eldorado")
Eldorado (1921)
All Filmography
Awards
2 wins & 2 nominations.Did You Know
Trivia
Best remembered as the director of the terrifying and now much copied ventriloquist's dummy sequence in the 1945 Ealing Studio film Dead of Night (1945).
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
Alberto De Almeida-Cavalcanti
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died
(age 85)
Paris, France
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