Heaven over the Marshes

Heaven over the Marshes (Italian: Cielo sulla palude) is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Rubi D'Alma, Michele Malaspina, Inés Orsini and Domenico Viglione Borghese. The film portrays the life of the saint Maria Goretti. Augusto Genina was awarded the Nastro d'Argento for Best Director for the film.[1] In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.[2][3] The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi.

Heaven over the Marshes
Inés Orsini (actress) with Alessandro Serenelli (Maria Goretti murderer) in 1950
Directed byAugusto Genina
Produced byCarlo José Bassoli
Renato Bassoli
Written bySuso Cecchi D'Amico
Elvira Psorulla
Fausto Tozzi
Augusto Genina
StarringRubi D'Alma
Michele Malaspina
Domenico Viglione Borghese
Inés Orsini
Music byAntonio Veretti
CinematographyG.R. Aldo
Edited byOtello Colangeli
Edmond Lozzi
Production
company
Film Bassoli
Release date
24 November 1949
Running time
111 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Cast
  • Rubi D'Alma as La contessa Teneroni
  • Michele Malaspina as Il conte
  • Domenico Viglione Borghese as Il dottore
  • Inés Orsini as Maria Goretti
  • Assunta Radico as Assunta Goretti - La madre di Maria
  • Giovanni Martella as Luigi Goretti - il padre di Maria
  • Mauro Matteucci as Alessandro Serenelli
  • Francesco Tomalillo as Giovanni Serenelli - il padre di Serenelli
  • María Luisa Landín as Lucia
  • Ida Paoloni as Teresa
  • Federico Meloni as Angelo
  • Jole Savoretti as Anna
  • Giovanni Sestili as Mariano
  • Vincenzo Solfiotti as Antonio

References
  1. Moliterno p.383
  2. Massimo Borriello (4 March 2008). "Cento film e un'Italia da non dimenticare". Movieplayer. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare". Corriere della Sera. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

Bibliography
  • Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.


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