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Heaven Over the Marshes

Heaven Over the Marshes (1949)

Directed by Augusto Genina
1h 51minruntime
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Plot

Unlike most Italian films of the 1940s, Augusto Genina's Cielo Sulla Palude opened in Venice rather than Rome. The film's American title was Heaven Over the Marshes, and indeed most of the story is set in the disease-ridden Pontine Marshes on the outskirts of Rome. This was the home of Maria Goretti, a pious young girl who was murdered by her would-be seducer. For reasons elucidated in the course of the film, Maria's short time on earth made her worthy of Sainthood, which was actually bestowed upon her shortly after the release of this film. Maria Goretti is well-played by Ines Orsini. Cielo Sulla Palude served as the comeback feature for director Augusto Genina, whose previous pro-fascist films had caused him to be blacklisted after WW II.

Genres

Drama

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleCielo sulla palude
Original languageItaliano (IT)
Spoken languagesItaliano
Production countriesItaly
StatusReleased
Production companiesFilm Bassoli, Arx
Release date3 agosto 1949
ProductionCarlo José Bassoli, Renato Bassoli
WriterFausto Tozzi, Suso Cecchi d'Amico
EditingOtello Colangeli, Edmondo Lozzi
CinematographyG.R. Aldo
Assistant directorsSiro Marcellini, Fausto Tozzi, Primo Zeglio, Augusto Genina
Camera operatorsG.R. Aldo
Additional photographyG.R. Aldo
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Release dates

Theatrical release

Italy / Aug 03, 1949

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