Alberto Cavalcanti

Also known as Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti

Brazilian film director (1897–1982)

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Maʻyan ha-kevaśim
Zusammenstellung und Redaktion
Um canto, um judeu e algumas cartas
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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 professor he was expelled. His father sent him to Geneva, Switzerland on condition that he did not study law or politics.…

Known for

Cavalcanti — Self (archive footage)2026
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978
Um Homem e o Cinema — Self1976
Grierson — Self1973
Lettres de Stalingrad — Astronomer1972
Alberto Cavalcanti — Self1970
Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs — J. Leviticus (uncredited)1934
Paris Cinéma — Self1929

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Brazil
Active from: 1947

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Instance of: human
Given name: Alberto
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro
Place of death: 16th arrondissement of Paris
Occupation: screenwriter
Languages spoken: Portuguese
Image: Cavalcanti 1922.jpg

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date of birth: 1897-02-06
date of death: 1982-08-23
name in native language: Alberto Cavalcanti
related category: Category:Films directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
birth name: Alberto de Almeida Cavalcante
Commons category: Alberto Cavalcanti

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