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  • Heaven Over the Marshes (1949)
  • 111 min | Biography, Drama
Heaven Over the Marshes (1949)
111 min | Biography, Drama

In 1902 in the disease-ridden Pontine Marshes, a disease-ridden region, 12-year-old Maria Goretti lives with her parents, poor farmhands, in the house of Serenelli, a heavy-drinking farmer who offered them board and lodging. Serenelli's 18...See moreIn 1902 in the disease-ridden Pontine Marshes, a disease-ridden region, 12-year-old Maria Goretti lives with her parents, poor farmhands, in the house of Serenelli, a heavy-drinking farmer who offered them board and lodging. Serenelli's 18-year-old son Alessandro is sexually attracted to the pious Maria, who resists his advances. One day the young man murders her because she won't give in to him. Before she dies, Maria forgives her assailant. After her death she is canonized as a saint. Written by Guy Bellinger See less
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Director
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Suso Cecchi D'Amico (screenplay) | Augusto Genina (adaptation) | Elvira Psorulla (story) | Fausto Tozzi (screenplay)
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Updated Sep 1, 1949

Release date
Nov 24, 1949 (Italy)

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17 cast members
Name Known for
Rubi Dalma
La contessa Teneroni La contessa Teneroni   See fewer
Michele Malaspina
Il conte Il conte   See fewer
Domenico Viglione Borghese
Il dottore (as D. Viglione Borghese) Il dottore (as D. Viglione Borghese)   See fewer
Ines Orsini
Maria Goretti Maria Goretti   See fewer
Assunta Radico
Assunta Goretti - La madre di Maria Assunta Goretti - La madre di Maria   See fewer
Giovanni Martella
Luigi Goretti - il padre di Maria Luigi Goretti - il padre di Maria   See fewer
Mauro Matteucci
Alessandro Serenelli (as Matteucci Mauro) Alessandro Serenelli (as Matteucci Mauro)   See fewer
Francesco Tomalillo
Giovanni Serenelli - il padre di Serenelli Giovanni Serenelli - il padre di Serenelli   See fewer
Ida Paoloni
Teresa Teresa   See fewer
Giovanni Sestili
Mariano Mariano   See fewer
Silvia Fazi
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Antimo Reyner
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Gilberto Severi
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