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Alberto Cavalcanti

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Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti (February 6, 1897 – August 23, 1982) was a Brazilian-born film director and producer. [1]

55 relations: Architecture, Audio engineer, Avant-garde, Berlin, Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis, Blacklisting, Brazil, British Film Institute, British nationality law, Caiçara (film), Canada, Captain Fracasse (1929 film), Champagne Charlie (1944 film), Coal Face, Consul (representative), Dead of Night, Die Windrose, Ealing Studios, East Germany, England, Film director, Film producer, For Them That Trespass, Geneva, GPO Film Unit, Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1960 film), Interior design, Israel, John Grierson, L'Inhumaine, Liverpool, Marcel L'Herbier, Mathematics, Michael Balcon, Night Mail, Paramount Pictures, Paris, Pett and Pott, Rien que les heures, Rio de Janeiro, Scenic design, Screenonline, Song of the Sea (1952 film), Sound film, Switzerland, The Devil's Holiday (French-language film), The First Gentleman, The King's Stamp, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947 film), They Made Me a Fugitive, ..., Venetian Honeymoon, Walter Ruttmann, We Live In Two Worlds, Went the Day Well?, Yellow Caesar. Expand index (5 more) »

Architecture

Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures.

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Audio engineer

An audio engineer (also sometimes recording engineer or a vocal engineer) helps to produce a recording or a performance, editing and adjusting sound tracks using equalization and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound.

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Avant-garde

The avant-garde (from French, "advance guard" or "vanguard", literally "fore-guard") are people or works that are experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis

Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis or Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Walter Ruttmann, co-written by Carl Mayer and Karl Freund.

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Blacklisting

Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority, compiling a blacklist (or black list) of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as not being acceptable to those making the list.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom.

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British nationality law

British nationality law is the law of the United Kingdom which concerns citizenship and other categories of British nationality.

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Caiçara (film)

Caiçara is a 1950 Brazilian drama film co-directed by Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, and John Waterhouse.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Captain Fracasse (1929 film)

Captain Fracasse (French:Le capitaine Fracasse) is a 1929 French silent adventure film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and Henry Wulschleger and starring Pierre Blanchar, Lien Deyers and Charles Boyer.

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Champagne Charlie (1944 film)

Champagne Charlie is a 1944 British musical film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and loosely based on the rivalry between the popular music hall performers George Leybourne (born Joe Saunders), who was called "Champagne Charlie" because he was the first artist to perform the song of that title, and Alfred Vance, who was known as "The Great Vance".

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Coal Face

Coal Face is a 1935 British documentary film short directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

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Consul (representative)

A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, and to facilitate trade and friendship between the people of the two countries.

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Dead of Night

Dead of Night is a 1945 British anthology horror film made by Ealing Studios.

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Die Windrose

Die Windrose (The Windrose) was a film made for the East German production company DEFA in 1957 and commissioned by the World Federation of Women.

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Ealing Studios

Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in west London.

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East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Film director

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film.

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Film producer

A film producer is a person who oversees the production of a film.

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For Them That Trespass

For Them That Trespass is a 1949 British crime film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett and Stephen Murray.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève, Genèva, Genf, Ginevra, Genevra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

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GPO Film Unit

The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office.

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Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1960 film)

Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (German: Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti) is a 1960 Austrian comedy film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Curt Bois, Heinz Engelmann and Maria Emo.

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Interior design

Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

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John Grierson

John Grierson CBE (26 April 1898 – 19 February 1972) was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film.

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L'Inhumaine

L'Inhumaine ("the inhuman woman") is a 1924 French drama-science fiction film directed by Marcel L'Herbier; it has the subtitle histoire féerique ("fairy story", "story of enchantment").

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Marcel L'Herbier

Marcel L'Herbier (23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s.

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Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.

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Michael Balcon

Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer, known for his leadership of Ealing Studios from 1938 to 1955.

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Night Mail

Night Mail is a 1936 English documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) film unit.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation (also known simply as Paramount) is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Pett and Pott

Pett and Pott (subtitled A Fairy Story of the Suburbs) is a 1934 short film produced by John Grier under the auspices of the GPO Film Unit and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

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Rien que les heures

Rien que les heures (English: Nothing But Time or Nothing But the Hours) is a 1926 experimental silent film by Brazilian director Alberto Cavalcanti showing the life of Paris through one day in 45 minutes.

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Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (River of January), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas.

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Scenic design

Scenic design (also known as scenography, stage design, set design, or production design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery.

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Screenonline

Screenonline is a website about the history of British film, television and social history as documented by film and television.

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Song of the Sea (1952 film)

Song of the Sea (O Canto do Mar) is a 1952 Brazilian drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

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Sound film

A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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The Devil's Holiday (French-language film)

The Devil's Holiday (French:Les vacances du diable) is a 1931 American-French drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Marcelle Chantal, Thomy Bourdelle and Jacques Varennes.

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The First Gentleman

The First Gentleman is a 1948 British historical drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Joan Hopkins, and Cecil Parker.

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The King's Stamp

The King's Stamp is a 1935 short film produced by Alberto Cavalcanti under the auspices of the GPO Film Unit and directed by William Coldstream.

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947 film)

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a 1947 British drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Cedric Hardwicke.

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They Made Me a Fugitive

They Made Me a Fugitive (released in the USA as I Became a Criminal) is a 1947 British film noir set in postwar England.

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Venetian Honeymoon

Venetian Honeymoon (La prima notte, Les noces vénitiennes) is a 1959 Italian-French romantic comedy film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

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Walter Ruttmann

Walter Ruttmann (28 December 1887 – 15 July 1941) was a German film director and along with Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger was an early German practitioner of experimental film.

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We Live In Two Worlds

We Live In Two Worlds is a 1937 filmed talk by British writer J. B. Priestley, in which he expounds on the benefits of cross-border trade and communications, contrasting such commerce with the military preoccupations of individual nations.

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Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well? is a 1942 British war film adapted from a story by Graham Greene and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

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Yellow Caesar

Yellow Caesar is a 1941 propaganda film produced by Ealing Studios and Michael Balcon and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Cavalcanti

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