Heaven Over the Marshes (1949)
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.
Director:
Augusto Genina
Writers:
Fausto Tozzi, Suso Cecchi d'Amico.
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Inés Orsini as Maria Goretti |
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Giovanni Martella as Luigi Goretti - il padre di Maria |
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Mauro Matteucci as Alessandro Serenelli |
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Rubi D'Alma as La contessa Teneroni |
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Michele Malaspina as Il conte |
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Domenico Viglione Borghese as Il dottore (as D. Viglione Borghese) |
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Assunta Radico as Assunta Goretti - La madre di Maria |
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Francesco Tomalillo as Giovanni Serenelli - il padre di Serenelli |
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María Luisa Landín as Lucia |
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Ida Paoloni as Teresa |
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Federico Meloni as Angelo |
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Jole Savoretti as Anna |
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Giovanni Sestili as Mariano |
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Vincenzo Solfiotti as Antonio |
| Directing | Augusto Genina | Director |
| Writing | Fausto Tozzi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Sound | Antonio Veretti | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | G.R. Aldo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Carlo José Bassoli | Producer |
| Production | Renato Bassoli | Producer |
| Editing | Otello Colangeli | Editor |
| Editing | Edmondo Lozzi | Editor |
| Art | Virgilio Marchi | Production Design |
| Art | Virgilio Marchi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adriano Cambellotti | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Maria Feo | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Siro Marcellini | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Fausto Tozzi | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Primo Zeglio | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ovidio Del Grande | Sound |
| Production | Pietro Zlatarow | Production Manager |
| Production | Alfredo Veloccia | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Carlo José Bassoli | Unit Manager |
