About

Known credits:
84
Birthday:
1909-08-17
Place of birth:
Rome, Italy
Website:
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Raffaello Matarazzo

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1933 Tourist Train Actor The Director of the Band (uncredited) 59
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Directing
1964 Amore mio Directing Director N/A
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1963 Adultero lui, adultera lei Directing Director 58
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1963 I terribili sette Directing Director N/A
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1959 Cerasella Directing Director 59
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1958 Malinconico autunno Directing Director 59
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1957 The Last Violence Directing Director 59
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1956 Rice Girl Directing Director 59
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1955 The Intruder Directing Director 59
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1955 The White Angel Directing Director 59
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1954 Guai ai vinti Directing Director 59
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1954 The Slave of Sin Directing Director 58
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1954 Torna! Directing Director 58
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1953 Giuseppe Verdi Directing Director 59
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1953 The Ship of Condemned Women Directing Director 59
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1953 Vortice Directing Director 59
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1952 He Who Is Without Sin... Directing Director 59
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1952 Lieutenant Giorgio Directing Director 59
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1951 Nobody's Children Directing Director 59
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1950 Dora la espía Directing Director N/A
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1950 Paolo e Francesca Directing Director N/A
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1950 Tormento Directing Director 59
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1949 Chains Directing Director 59
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1947 Fumeria d’oppio Directing Director 59
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1947 Lo sciopero dei milioni Directing Director N/A
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1944 Empezó en boda Directing Director N/A
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1943 Daddy's Little Devil Directing Director 59
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1942 Giorno di nozze Directing Director 59
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1941 The Adventuress from the Floor Above Directing Director 59
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1940 Giù il sipario Directing Director 58
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1940 Trappola d'amore Directing Director N/A
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1939 The Hotel of the Absent Directing Director 59
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1937 I Was to Blame Directing Director 58
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1936 Joe il Rosso Directing Director N/A
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1936 L'anonima Roylott Directing Director 59
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1935 The Serpent's Fang Directing Director N/A
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1933 Tourist Train Directing Director 59
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1933 Littoria Directing Director N/A
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1933 Sabaudia Directing Director N/A
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1933 Mussolinia di Sardegna Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1964 Amore mio Writing Story N/A
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1964 Amore mio Writing Screenplay N/A
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1963 Adultero lui, adultera lei Writing Story 58
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1963 Adultero lui, adultera lei Writing Screenplay 58
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1963 I terribili sette Writing Screenplay N/A
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1959 Cerasella Writing Screenplay 59
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1957 The Last Violence Writing Story 59
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1955 The Intruder Writing Screenplay 59
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1955 The White Angel Writing Story 59
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1955 Good night… lawyer! Writing Story 59
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1954 Guai ai vinti Writing Screenplay 59
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1953 Giuseppe Verdi Writing Screenplay 59
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1953 The Ship of Condemned Women Writing Writer 59
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1953 Vortice Writing Screenplay 59
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1953 Vortice Writing Story 59
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1950 Dora la espía Writing Writer N/A
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1950 Paolo e Francesca Writing Screenplay N/A
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1947 Fumeria d’oppio Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 Empezó en boda Writing Screenplay N/A
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1944 Empezó en boda Writing Story N/A
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1943 Daddy's Little Devil Writing Writer 59
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1941 The Adventuress from the Floor Above Writing Screenplay 59
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1941 The Adventuress from the Floor Above Writing Story 59
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1940 L'imprevisto Writing Screenplay N/A
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1940 L'imprevisto Writing Writer N/A
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1940 Giù il sipario Writing Writer 58
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1940 Trappola d'amore Writing Screenplay N/A
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1939 The Hotel of the Absent Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 I Was to Blame Writing Screenplay 58
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1935 The Serpent's Fang Writing Writer N/A
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1933 Tourist Train Writing Story 59
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1933 Tourist Train Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 La Voce Lontana Writing Screenplay N/A
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1932 Two Happy Hearts Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1964 Amore mio Production Producer N/A
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1957 The Last Violence Production Producer 59
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1955 The White Angel Production Producer 59
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1954 Torna! Production Producer 58
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1953 Vortice Production Producer 59
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1951 Nobody's Children Production Producer 59
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1950 Tormento Production Producer 59
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1949 Chains Production Producer 59
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Editing
1940 Giù il sipario Editing Editor 58
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1936 L'anonima Roylott Editing Editor 59
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