Catene (internationally released as Chains) is a 1949 Italian film in the melodrama genre 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 features in cinema paradiso.
