Raffaello Matarazzo (17 August 1909 – 17 May 1966) was an Italian filmmaker.
Life
Matarazzo started writing film reviews for the Roman newspaper ''Il Tevere'' before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company
Cines
The Società Italiana Cines (''Italian Cines Company'') is a film company specializing in production and distribution of films. The company was founded on 1 April 1906.
A major force in the European film industry before the First World War, the c ...
. 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'' (neorealism wannabe). Since the 1970s, some film critics have tried to restore Matarazzo's reputation. French magazine ''
Positif'' loved his erotic-historical peplum ''
Ship of Lost Women''.
Filmography
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The Telephone Operator'' (1932)
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Littoria'' (1933)
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Fanny'' (1933)
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Tourist Train'' (1933)
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Unripe Fruit
''Unripe Fruit'' (Italian: ''Frutto acerbo'') is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Lotte Menas, Nino Besozzi and Maria Wronska. A German-language version of the same story was made in Austria as ''A Pr ...
'' (1934)
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Kiki'' (1934)
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The Serpent's Fang
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'' (''Il serpente a sonagli'') (1935)
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Joe the Red
''Joe the Red'' (Italian: ''Joe il rosso'') is a 1936 Italian comedy crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Armando Falconi, Luisa Garella and Ada Dondini.Apra p.99
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Me ...
'' (1936)
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The Ambassador'' (1936)
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The Anonymous Roylott
''The Anonymous Roylott'' (Italian: ''L'anonima Roylott'') is a 1936 Italian thriller film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Camillo Pilotto, Isa Pola and Giulio Donadio.Apra p.99 The film is an adaptation of a play set in the Unit ...
'' (1936)
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The Carnival Is Here Again
''The Carnival Is Back'' or ''The Carnival Is Here Again'' (Italian: ''È tornato carnevale'') is a 1937 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Armando Falconi, Clara Tabody and Franco Coop.Aprà p. ...
'' (1937)
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It Was I!
''It Was I!'' (Italian: ''Sono stato io!'') is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo and Titina De Filippo.Moliterno p.101 The film was based on a play, ''Sarà stato Giovann ...
'' (1937)
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L'albergo degli assenti'' (1938)
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The Marquis of Ruvolito
''The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (Italian: ''Il marchese di Ruvolito'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo and Leda Gloria.Goble p.311 Based on a play of ...
'' (1939)
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Giù il sipario'' (1940)
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Notte di fortuna
Notte is a river of Brandenburg, Germany. It flows into the Dahme in Königs Wusterhausen.
See also
*List of rivers of Brandenburg
A list of rivers of Brandenburg, Germany:
A
* Alte Oder
* Alte Schlaube
B
* Bäke
*Berste
* Black Elster
* ...
'' (1941)
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The Adventuress from the Floor Above'' (1941)
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Giorno di nozze
''Wedding Day'' (Italian: ''Giorno di nozze'') is a 1942 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Armando Falconi, Amelia Chellini and Anna Proclemer.Gundle p.174
It was shot at the Cinecitta Studios i ...
'' (1942)
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Dora o le spie
Dora may stand for:
*Dora (given name)
Places United States
*Dora, Alabama
* Dora, Arkansas
*Dora, Missouri
* Dora, New Mexico
* Dora, Oregon
* Dora, Pennsylvania
*Mount Dora, Florida
Other countries
* Lake Dora (Tasmania)
*Lake Dora (Weste ...
'' (1943)
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Il birichino di papà'' (1943)
* ''
Empezó en boda'' (1944)
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Lo sciopero dei milioni
Lo may refer to any of the following:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Lo!'', the third published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort
* L.O., a fictional character in the Playhouse Disney show Happy Monster Band
* ''Lo'' (film), a 2009 indepe ...
'' (1947)
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The Opium Den
''The Opium Den'' (Italian: ''Fumeria d'oppio'') is a 1947 Italian crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Emilio Ghione Jr., Mariella Lotti, and Emilio Cigoli. It was an unsuccessful attempt to revive the Za La Mort character ...
'' (1947)
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Paolo e Francesca'' (1949)
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Chains
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'' (1949)
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Torment'' (1950)
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Nobody's Children'' (1951)
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Il tenente Giorgio
''Il Tenente Giorgio'' is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo.
Cast
*Massimo Girotti as Lt. G. Biserta
*Milly Vitale as Countess Elisa
* Paul Muller as Count Stefano di Monserrato
*Gualtiero Tumiati as ...
'' (1952)
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Who is Without Sin'' (1952)
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Vortice'' (1953)
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Ship of Lost Women'' (''La nave delle donne maledette'') (1953)
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Torna!'' (1953)
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The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi
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'' (''Giuseppe Verdi'') (1953)
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Schiava del peccato
''Schiava del peccato'' (''Slave to Sin'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo.
Cast
* Silvana Pampanini as Mara Gualtieri
* Marcello Mastroianni as Giulio
* Irene Genna as Dina
* Franco Fabrizi as Carlo
* Renato ...
'' (1954)
* ''
Guai ai vinti
''Guai ai vinti'' (''Woe to the Vanquished Ones'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is based on the novel ''Vae Victis'' by Annie Vivanti.
Plot
During the First World War the Italian front at Caporetto is ...
'' (1954)
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The White Angel'' (1955)
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The Intruder'' (1956)
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La risaia
''Rice Girl'' ( it, La risaia) is a 1956 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo.
Plot
Pietro, the owner of a large paddy, recognizes among his young workers Elena, his natural daughter. He then begins to follow her and to prote ...
'' (1956)
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L'ultima violenza'' (1957)
* ''
Melancholic Autumn
''Melancholic Autumn'' (Italian:''Malinconico autunno'') is a 1958 Italian-Spanish melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson and Mercedes Monterrey. It was part of a popular series of romantic dramas ...
'' (1958)
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Cerasella
''Cerasella'' is a 1959 Italian teen comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is loosely inspired by the lyrics of the song " Cerasella".
Cast
*Claudia Mori: Cerasella
* Mario Girotti: Bruno
* Luigi De Filippo: Alfredo
* Alessandra P ...
'' (1959)
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I terribili sette'' (1963)
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Adultero lui, adultera lei'' (1963)
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Amore mio'' (1964)
External links
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Criterion Collection Essay
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1909 births
1966 deaths
Film directors from Rome