Raffaello Matarazzo

Instruktør, Producer, Forfatter, Skuespiller

17. august 1909 — 17. maj 1966 (56 år)
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.

Kendt for

  • Chains
    Chains1949
  • Det stjålne barn
    Det stjålne barn1951
  • The White Angel
    The White Angel1955
  • Tormento
    Tormento1950
  • Chi è senza peccato....
    Chi è senza peccato....1952
  • The Ship of Damned Women
    The Ship of Damned Women1953
  • Kvinderne i rismarken
    Kvinderne i rismarken1956
  • Buonanotte... avvocato!
    Buonanotte... avvocato!1955
  • The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi
    The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi1953
  • Torna!
    Torna!1954
  • Treno popolare
    Treno popolare1933
  • La fumeria d'oppio
    La fumeria d'oppio1947
  • The Adventuress from the Floor Above
    The Adventuress from the Floor Above1941
  • Malinconico autunno
    Malinconico autunno1958
  • The Intruder
    The Intruder1956
  • Il birichino di papà
    Il birichino di papà1943
  • Giorno di nozze
    Giorno di nozze1942
  • L'ultima violenza
    L'ultima violenza1957
  • My Love
    My Love1964
  • Adultero lui, adultera lei
    Adultero lui, adultera lei1963

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