Raffaello Matarazzo

Birthday:
08/17/1909
Place of birth:
Rome, Italy:
Biography:
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.

Credits

Treno Popolare (1933)
as The Director of the Band (uncredited)
Amore mio
Director
Amore mio
Story
Amore mio
Screenplay
Amore mio
Producer
Adultero lui, adultera lei
Director
Adultero lui, adultera lei
Story
Adultero lui, adultera lei
Screenplay
I terribili sette
Director
I terribili sette
Screenplay
Cerasella
Director
Cerasella
Screenplay
Malinconico autunno
Director
L'ultima violenza
Director
L'ultima violenza
Story
L'ultima violenza
Producer
La risaia
Director
L'intrusa
Director
L'intrusa
Screenplay
L'angelo bianco
Director
L'angelo bianco
Story
L'angelo bianco
Producer
Buonanotte... avvocato!
Story
Guai ai vinti
Director
Guai ai vinti
Screenplay
La schiava del peccato
Director
Torna!
Director
Torna!
Producer
Giuseppe Verdi
Director
Giuseppe Verdi
Screenplay
La nave delle donne maledette
Director
La nave delle donne maledette
Writer
Vortice
Director
Vortice
Producer
Vortice
Story
Vortice
Screenplay
Chi è senza peccato....
Director
Il tenente Giorgio
Director
I figli di nessuno
Director
I figli di nessuno
Producer
Dora la espía
Director
Dora la espía
Writer
Paolo e Francesca
Director
Paolo e Francesca
Screenplay
Tormento
Director
Tormento
Producer
Catene
Director
Catene
Producer
La fumeria d’oppio
Director
La fumeria d’oppio
Screenplay
Lo sciopero dei milioni
Director
Empezó en boda
Director
Empezó en boda
Story
Empezó en boda
Screenplay
Il birichino di papà
Director
Il birichino di papà
Writer
Giorno di nozze
Director
L'avventuriera del piano di sopra
Director
L'avventuriera del piano di sopra
Story
L'avventuriera del piano di sopra
Screenplay
Notte di fortuna
Director
Notte di fortuna
Story
Notte di fortuna
Screenplay
L'imprevisto
Writer
L'imprevisto
Screenplay
Giù il sipario
Director
Giù il sipario
Writer
Giù il sipario
Editor
Trappola d'amore
Director
Trappola d'amore
Screenplay
Il marchese di Ruvolito
Director
Il marchese di Ruvolito
Screenplay
L'Albergo Degli Assenti
Director
L'Albergo Degli Assenti
Screenplay
L'amor mio non muore!
Screenplay
Sono stato io!
Director
Sono stato io!
Screenplay
Joe il Rosso
Director
L'anonima Roylott
Editor
L'anonima Roylott
Director
Il serpente a sonagli
Director
Il serpente a sonagli
Writer
Treno Popolare
Director
Treno Popolare
Story
Treno Popolare
Screenplay
Littoria
Director
La Voce Lontana
Screenplay
Sabaudia
Director
Mussolinia di Sardegna
Director
Due cuori felici
Screenplay

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