Chains

Synopsis

Catene (internationally released as Chains) is a 1949 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It had an impressive commercial success, being seen by 6 million people, one in eight Italians of the time, and was followed by a series of six other successful films directed by Matarazzo and featuring the couple Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson. The film was remade in 1974. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ottavio Scotti. The film was featured in Cinema Paradiso (1988). In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Maligned by critics because it did not conform to precepts of neorealism, this did not prevent its unexpected box office success.

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Details

Type

Movie

Release date

January 1, 1950

Genres

melodrama, drama film

Created by

Raffaello Matarazzo

Runtime

86 min

Countries

Italy

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