Heaven Over the Marshes
1949 · Movie · 111 min. · Italy
Synopsis of Heaven Over the Marshes
The scene is the Pontine Marshes, a disease-ridden region. The year is 1902. Maria Goretti, a twelve-year-old girl, lives with her parents, poor farm hands, in the house of Serenelli, a heavy drinker who has offered them board and lodging. The farmer has a son, Alessandro, aged eighteen, who is sexually attracted to the pious girl. Maria resists his advances. One day the young man can't help it anymore: he rapes Maria before murdering her. Before she dies, Maria forgives her assailant. After her death she is canonized as a saint.
Direction Augusto Genina
Cast Rubi D'Alma · Michele Malaspina · Domenico Viglione Borghese · Inés Orsini · Assunta Radico · Giovanni Martella · Mauro Matteucci · Francesco Tomalillo
Soundtrack Antonio Veretti
Screenplay Suso Cecchi d'Amico · Augusto Genina · Fausto Tozzi · Elvira Psorulla
Cinematography Aldo Graziati
Original title Cielo sulla palude
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29 votes (FilmAffinity)
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