Raffaello Matarazzo
DirectingLargely misunderstood, at best considered a little master of an Italian cinema in full revival after the war thanks to neo-realism, Raffaello Matarazzo is nevertheless the author of some sumptuous melodramas whose success was spectacular in post-fascist Italy. Matarazzo started writing film reviews for the Roman newspaper Il Tevere before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines. His first films were comedies until he shifted to making melodramas. With Catene, produced by Titanus in 1949, he became the most successful director in Italy. Audience loved his melodramas. Critics, however, have tended to disparage his work, saying that Matarazzo films were Neorealismo d'appendice. Since the 1970s, some film critics have tried to restore Matarazzo's reputation. French magazine Positif loved his erotic-historical peplum The Ship of Lost Women.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
The White Angel
Producer
Cerasella
Director
Nobody's Children
Director
The Ship of Condemned Women
Director
Giuseppe Verdi
Director
Vortice
Screenplay
Guai ai vinti
Screenplay
Daddy's Little Devil
Director
Adultero lui, adultera lei
Director
Melancholy Autumn
Director
He Who Is Without Sin...
Director
Torna!
Producer
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
Director
Tourist Train
Screenplay
Lieutenant Giorgio
Director
Giù il sipario
Writer
Rice Girl
Director
Tormento
Director
Chains
Director
Paolo e Francesca
Director
I Was to Blame
Director
Empezó en boda
Screenplay
Amore mio
Screenplay
The Hotel of the Absent
Director
The Last Violence
Director
The Slave of Sin
Director
Fumeria d’oppio
Director
I terribili sette
Director
Giorno di nozze
Director
Dora la espía
Director
Two Happy Hearts
Screenplay
Trappola d'amore
Screenplay
L'anonima Roylott
Director
The Intruder
Director
Lo sciopero dei milioni
Director
Joe il Rosso
Director
Mussolinia di Sardegna
Director
The Serpent's Fang
Director
L'imprevisto
Writer
La Voce Lontana
Screenplay
Littoria
Director
Sabaudia
Director