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,[1] and was followed by a series of six other successful films directed by Matarazzo and featuring the couple Amedeo Nazzari and Yvonne Sanson.

The only way he can be set free is if his wife confesses to adultery – so the murder can be considered a crime of passion – but this estranges her from her family.

Starring Amedeo Nazzari and actress of Greek origin Yvonne Sanson.

Maligned by critics because it did not conform to precepts of neorealism,[3] this did not prevent its unexpected box office success.