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.
Directed 40
1960s
- 1964
Amore mio
Director
- 1963
Adultero lui, adultera lei
Director
I terribili sette
Director
1950s
- 1959
Cerasella
Director
- 1958
Melancholy Autumn
Director
- 1957
- 1956
Rice Girl
Director
- 1955
The Intruder
Director
The White Angel
Director
- 1954
Guai ai vinti
Director
The Slave of Sin
Director
- 1953
Giuseppe Verdi
Director
The Ship of Condemned Women
Director
Vortice
Director
- 1952
Lieutenant Giorgio
Director
- 1951
- 1950
Dora la espía
Director
Paolo e Francesca
Director
Tormento
Director
1940s
- 1949
Chains
Director
- 1947
The Opium Den
Director
Lo sciopero dei milioni
Director
- 1944
Empezó en boda
Director
- 1943
Daddy's Little Devil
Director
- 1942
Giorno di nozze
Director
- 1941
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
Director
Notte di fortuna
Director
- 1940
Giù il sipario
Director
Trappola d'amore
Director
1930s
- 1939
Il marchese di Ruvolito
Director
The Hotel of the Absent
Director
- 1937
I Was to Blame
Director
- 1936
Joe il Rosso
Director
The Anonymous Roylott
Director
- 1935
The Serpent's Fang
Director
- 1933
Tourist Train
Director
Littoria
Director
Mussolinia di Sardegna
Director
Wrote 29
1960s
- 1964
Amore mio
Story, Screenplay
- 1963
Adultero lui, adultera lei
Story, Screenplay
I terribili sette
Screenplay
1950s
- 1959
Cerasella
Screenplay
- 1957
- 1955
The Intruder
Screenplay
The White Angel
Story
Good night… lawyer!
Story
- 1954
Guai ai vinti
Screenplay
- 1953
Giuseppe Verdi
Screenplay
The Ship of Condemned Women
Writer
Vortice
Story, Screenplay
- 1950
Dora la espía
Writer
Paolo e Francesca
Screenplay
1940s
- 1947
The Opium Den
Screenplay
- 1944
Empezó en boda
Story, Screenplay
- 1943
Daddy's Little Devil
Writer
- 1941
The Adventuress from the Floor Above
Story, Screenplay
Notte di fortuna
Story, Screenplay
- 1940
Giù il sipario
Writer
Trappola d'amore
Screenplay
1930s
- 1939
Il marchese di Ruvolito
Screenplay
The Hotel of the Absent
Screenplay
- 1938
L'amor mio non muore!
Screenplay
- 1937
I Was to Blame
Screenplay
- 1935
The Serpent's Fang
Writer
- 1933
Tourist Train
Story, Screenplay
La Voce Lontana
Screenplay
- 1932
Two Happy Hearts
Screenplay
Produced 8
1960s
- 1964
Amore mio
Producer
1950s
- 1957
- 1955
The White Angel
Producer
- 1954
- 1953
Vortice
Producer
- 1951
- 1950
Tormento
Producer
1940s
- 1949
Chains
Producer
Edited 2
1940s
- 1940
Giù il sipario
Editor
1930s
- 1936
The Anonymous Roylott
Editor
Acted in 1
1930s
- 1933
Tourist Train
The Director of the Band (uncredited)