Writer 1897 - 1982

Alberto Cavalcanti

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti was a Brazilian-born film director and producer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of a prominent mathematician. He was a precociously intelligent child, and by the age of 15 was studying law at university. Following an argument with a... Read full bio →

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Coal Face

Alberto Cavalcanti 1935 11m

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

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Alberto Cavalcanti 1927 1h 32m

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.

Alberto Cavalcanti

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Coal Face

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