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Heaven Over the Marshes (1949) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 3, 1949

Original Title:
Cielo sulla palude

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Arx
Film Bassoli

Production Countries:
Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 111

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Assistant Director:
Fausto Tozzi
Primo Zeglio
Siro Marcellini

Costume Design:
Anna Maria Feo
Adriano Cambellotti

Director:
Augusto Genina

Director of Photography:
G.R. Aldo

Editor:
Edmondo Lozzi
Otello Colangeli

Makeup Artist:
Goffredo Rocchetti

Original Music Composer:
Antonio Veretti

Producer:
Carlo José Bassoli
Renato Bassoli

Production Design:
Virgilio Marchi

Production Manager:
Pietro Zlatarow

Production Supervisor:
Alfredo Veloccia

Screenplay:
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Fausto Tozzi

Set Decoration:
Virgilio Marchi

Sound:
Ovidio Del Grande

Unit Manager:
Carlo José Bassoli

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