Raffaello Matarazzo
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-08-17 (57 years old)
Deathday
1966-05-17
Place of Birth
Rome, Italy
Also known As
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Raffaello Matarazzo
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 tha...
Acting
1933
as The Director of the Band (uncredited)
Production
1944
as Director
1944
as Story
1944
as Screenplay
1959
as Director
1955
as Director
1955
as Story
1955
as Producer
1951
as Director
1951
as Producer
1954
as Producer
1955
as Story
1933
as Director
1933
as Story
1933
as Screenplay
1953
as Director
1949
as Director
1950
as Director
1950
as Producer
1953
as Director
1954
as Director
1955
as Director
1963
as Director
1942
as Director
1952
as Director
1956
as Director
1958
as Director
1933
as Director
1947
as Director
1943
as Director
1933
as Screenplay
1940
as Writer
1940
as Screenplay
1950
as Director
1953
as Story
1953
as Screenplay
1950
as Screenplay
1940
as Director
1940
as Screenplay
1937
as Director
1941
as Director
1933
as Director
1933
as Director
1932
as Screenplay
1949
as Producer
1953
as Director
1957
as Director
1963
as Director
1957
as Story
1957
as Producer
1947
as Director
1953
as Screenplay
1964
as Story
1964
as Screenplay
1964
as Producer
1963
as Story
1963
as Screenplay
1959
as Screenplay
1947
as Screenplay
1963
as Screenplay
1935
as Director
1964
as Director
1955
as Screenplay
1937
as Screenplay
1952
as Director
1939
as Director
1954
as Director
1936
as Director
1941
1941
as Screenplay
1939
as Screenplay
1936
as Editor
1936
as Director
1954
as Director
1954
as Screenplay
1953
as Writer
1953
as Producer
1943
as Writer
1940
as Writer
1940
as Editor
1935
as Writer
1940
as Director
1950
as Director
1950
as Writer
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