CATENE

Raffaello Matarazzo

Raffaello Matarazzo (Rome, Italy, 1909-1966) debuted as a film critic for “Il Tevere” and “L’Italia letteraria” and worked as assistant director for Mario Camerini. He debuted as a director in 1933 with Treno popolare, but its lack of success convinced him to turn to comedy, with movies such as L’anonima Roylott (1936), L’albergo degli assenti (1939) and Giorno di nozze (1942). After shooting a number of films in Spain, he began a multi-year collaboration with the production company Titanus and made a long series of movies starring Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson, and written by Aldo De Benedetti (Chains, 1949; Torment, 1950; Nobody’s Children, 1951; Chi è senza peccato…, 1952; Torna!, 1953; The White Angel, 1955). He returned to comedy during the 1960s and ended his career with the melodrama My Love (1964).

FILMOGRAFIA

Treno popolare (1933), Kiki (1934), Joe il rosso (1936), L’anonima Roylott (1936), Sono stato io! (1937), L’albergo degli assenti (1939), Giù il sipario (1940), Trappola d’amore (1940), Notte di fortuna (1941), Giorno di nozze (1942), Il birichino di papà (1943), La fumeria d’oppio (1947), Lo sciopero dei milioni (1948), Paolo e Francesca (1949), Catene (1949), Tormento (1950), I figli di nessuno (1951), Il tenente Giorgio (1952), Chi è senza peccato... (1953), Torna! (1953), Vortice (1953), La schiava del peccato (1954), L’angelo bianco (1955), La risaia (1956), L’ultima violenza (1957), Malinconico autunno (1958), Cerasella (1960), Adultero lui, adultera lei (1963), I terribili 7 (1964), Amore mio (1964).