---
title: 'Chains (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Raffaello Matarazzo'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/chains-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041232/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Chains (1950)

1950 · 86 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Catene

## Synopsis

Catene 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Raffaello Matarazzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/raffaello-matarazzo)
- **Producer:** [Raffaello Matarazzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/raffaello-matarazzo), [Goffredo Lombardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/goffredo-lombardo), [Gustavo Lombardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustavo-lombardo)
- **Screenplay:** [Nicola Manzari](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicola-manzari), [Aldo De Benedetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-de-benedetti), [Libero Bovio](https://cinepixo.com/people/libero-bovio)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gino Campese](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-campese)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carlo Montuori](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-montuori)
- **Editor:** [Mario Serandrei](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-serandrei)

## Cast

- [Amedeo Nazzari](https://cinepixo.com/people/amedeo-nazzari)
- [Roberto Murolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-murolo)
- [Yvonne Sanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-sanson)
- [Amalia Pellegrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/amalia-pellegrini)
- [Nino Marchesini](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-marchesini)
- [Aldo Nicodemi](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-nicodemi)
- [Aldo Silvani](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-silvani)
- [Teresa Franchini](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-franchini)

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