Heaven Over the Marshes
Directed by Augusto GeninaIn 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.
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Heaven Over the Marshes was released on 24 november 1949.
Heaven Over the Marshes was directed by Augusto Genina.
Heaven Over the Marshes has a runtime of 1h 51m.
Heaven Over the Marshes was produced by Carlo José Bassoli, Renato Bassoli.
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-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.
The key characters in Heaven Over the Marshes are Maria Goretti (Inés Orsini), Luigi Goretti - il padre di Maria (Giovanni Martella), Alessandro Serenelli (Mauro Matteucci).
Heaven Over the Marshes is a Drama, Biography film.
Heaven Over the Marshes has an audience rating of 7 out of 10.