Raffaello Matarazzo

Directing·Aug 17, 1909·Rome, Italy

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Largely 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.

Film	Credit
Amore mio1964 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
Adultero lui, adultera lei1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
I terribili sette1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Cerasella1959 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Melancholy Autumn1958 · Director	Director
The Last Violence1957 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Rice Girl1956 · Director	Director
The Intruder1955 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The White Angel1955 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Guai ai vinti1954 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Slave of Sin1954 · Director	Director
Torna!1954 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Giuseppe Verdi1953 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Ship of Condemned Women1953 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Vortice1953 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
He Who Is Without Sin...1952 · Director	Director
Lieutenant Giorgio1952 · Director	Director
Nobody's Children1951 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Dora la espía1950 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Paolo e Francesca1950 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tormento1950 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Chains1949 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Opium Den1947 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Lo sciopero dei milioni1947 · Director	Director
Empezó en boda1944 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Daddy's Little Devil1943 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Giorno di nozze1942 · Director	Director
The Adventuress from the Floor Above1941 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Notte di fortuna1941 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
LL'imprevisto1940 · Writer, Screenplay	Writer, Screenplay
Giù il sipario1940 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Trappola d'amore1940 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Il marchese di Ruvolito1939 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Hotel of the Absent1939 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
L'amor mio non muore!1938 · Screenplay	Screenplay
I Was to Blame1937 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Joe il Rosso1936 · Director	Director
L'anonima Roylott1936 · Director	Director
The Serpent's Fang1935 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tourist Train1933 · The Director of the Band (uncredited), Director, Screenplay	The Director of the Band (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Littoria1933 · Director	Director
La Voce Lontana1933 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Mussolinia di Sardegna1933 · Director	Director
SSabaudia1933 · Director	Director
Two Happy Hearts1932 · Screenplay	Screenplay