Heaven Over the Marshes

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 3, 1949

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy

Production

Film Bassoli,Arx

Cast

Inés Orsini,Giovanni Martella,Mauro Matteucci,Rubi D'Alma,Michele Malaspina,Domenico Viglione Borghese,Assunta Radico,Francesco Tomalillo,María Luisa Landín,Ida Paoloniand 4 more

Director

Augusto Genina

Writer

Suso Cecchi d'Amico,Fausto Tozzi

Producer

Carlo José Bassoli,Renato Bassoli

Cinematography

G.R. Aldo

Music

Antonio Veretti

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0041248