Heaven over the Marshes | |
Director: | Augusto Genina |
Producer: | Carlo José Bassoli Renato Bassoli |
Music: | Antonio Veretti |
Studio: | Film Bassoli |
Runtime: | 111 minutes |
Country: | Italy |
Language: | Italian |
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.