Heaven over the Marshes

{{Short description|1949 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Heaven over the Marshes

| image = Cielo_sulla_palude_locandina.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Augusto Genina

| producer = Carlo José Bassoli
Renato Bassoli

| writer = {{ubl|Suso Cecchi D'Amico|Elvira Psorulla|Fausto Tozzi|Augusto Genina}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Rubi D'Alma|Michele Malaspina|Domenico Viglione Borghese|Inés Orsini}}

| music = Antonio Veretti

| cinematography = G.R. Aldo

| editing = {{ubl|Otello Colangeli|Edmond Lozzi}}

| studio = Film Bassoli

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1949|11|24|df=yes}}

| runtime = 111 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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.Moliterno p.383 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".{{Cite web|title=Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera|url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/08_febbraio_28/elenco_cento_film_d83cacd8-e5ce-11dc-ab61-0003ba99c667.shtml|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.corriere.it}} The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi.