Heaven Over the Marshes
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.
Year: 1949
Genre: Drama
Studio: Film Bassoli, Arx
Director: Augusto Genina
Cast: Inés Orsini, Giovanni Martella, Mauro Matteucci, Rubi D'Alma, Michele Malaspina, Domenico Viglione Borghese
Crew: Augusto Genina (Director), Fausto Tozzi (Screenplay), Suso Cecchi d'Amico (Screenplay), Antonio Veretti (Original Music Composer), G.R. Aldo (Director of Photography), Carlo José Bassoli (Producer)
Runtime: 111 minutes
Release: Aug 03, 1949
IMDb: 5.40/10 by 5 users
Popularity: 3
Country: Italy
Language: Italiano
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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