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Heaven over the Marshes

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Heaven over the Marshes
Film poster
Directed byAugusto Genina
Written by
Produced byCarlo José Bassoli
Renato Bassoli
Starring
CinematographyG.R. Aldo
Edited by
Music byAntonio Veretti
Production
company
Film Bassoli
Release date
  • 24 November 1949 (1949-11-24)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Heaven over the Marshes (Italian: Cielo sulla palude) is a 1949 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Rubi Dalma, 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 included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978".[2] The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Moliterno p.383
  2. ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 2021-03-11.

Bibliography

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