Heaven Over the Marshes
1949 · 111 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 151 VOTES · DIR. Augusto Genina
Overview
Unlike most Italian films of the 1940s, Augusto Genina's Cielo Sulla Palude opened in Venice rather than Rome. The film's American title was Heaven Over the Marshes, and indeed most of the story is set in the disease-ridden Pontine Marshes on the outskirts of Rome. This was the home of Maria Goretti, a pious young girl who was murdered by her would-be seducer. For reasons elucidated in the course of the film, Maria's short time on earth made her worthy of Sainthood, which was actually bestowed upon her shortly after the release of this film. Maria Goretti is well-played by Ines Orsini. Cielo Sulla Palude served as the comeback feature for director Augusto Genina, whose previous pro-fascist films had caused him to be blacklisted after WW II.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,008 lines
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00:00:41 Heaven over the marshes, drawn from the life of Maria Goretti.
00:06:21 Understand? Pull down his pants!
00:09:46 Like that one there.
00:12:38 - No, signor Count. - You hear? Sorry.
00:16:22 Has he been awake long?
00:18:45 Till today, thank God, I've supported my family
00:21:50 You tell him, Giovanni.
00:25:49 I was involved with the children.
00:29:52 Just one centesimo! You win if you ring the bottle!
00:32:38 - Didn't you see us? - Yes, I saw you.
00:36:23 Doctor, I came to be looked at, but I can't pay you.
00:41:26 Go home
00:45:27 Absolutely! Around here everyone knows it, since more than 100 years!
00:48:32 Can I come in?
00:51:11 If you put it to your ear, you hear the sound of the sea.
00:54:25 Better I leave.
01:01:23 if you answer: "Okay, I'm coming!"
01:05:45 Maria! Maria!
01:10:09 Don't be afraid, I won't tell anyone. Come here!
01:16:47 What's in your body, you and your father? Venom?
01:20:11 Let him alone, signor Giovanni!
01:26:27 Come on, kids! - She's sleeping.
01:34:30 Alright!
01:42:42 for... for him.