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Up Next in Raffaello Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas

  • He Who Is Without Sin . . .

    Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo • 1952 • Italy

    In this melodrama by Raffaello Matarazzo, a young woman is mistakenly imprisoned for her sister's crime of abandoning her own child. When her husband finds out while working abroad, he decides to nullify their marriage.

  • Nobody’s Children

    Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo • 1952 • Italy

    Nobody's Children is the first half of an overflowing diptych of melodramas chronicling the labyrinthine misfortunes of a couple torn cruelly apart by fate (and meddling villains). When Guido (Amedeo Nazzari), a young count, falls for Luisa (Yvonne ...

  • Torna!

    Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo • 1954 • Italy

    Cousins James and Robert are in love with with the same woman, Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness.