Heaven over the Marshes
Heaven over the Marshes (Italian: Cielo sulla palude) is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Augusto Genina and starring Rubi D'Alma, 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.
In 2008 the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.
The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi.
Augusto Genina
Augusto Genina (28 January 1892 – 18 September 1957) was an Italian film pioneer.
He was a movie producer and director.
Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the "Il Mondo" Magazine, under advise of Aldo de Benedetti switches to movies for the "Film d'Arte Italiana", that produces his first film "La moglie di sua eccellenza".
In 1929 Genina moved to France to direct Louise Brooks in sonorized film "Miss Europe".
He studied sound techniques and worked in France and Germany in same but alternate languages film versions which were filmed simultaneously, before his return to Italy.
He won Venice Film Festival Mussolini's cup for Best Italian Film twice, in 1936 by "Lo squadrone bianco" and in 1940 by "The Siege of the Alcazar", both Fascist propaganda films.
In 1953, he filmed "Three Forbidden Stories", another version of the real accident depicted by Giuseppe De Santis one year before in "Rome 11 o'clockRoma ore 11").
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Question: What is the place of birth of the director of film Heaven Over The Marshes?
Answer: Rome