Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Augusto Genina
Written : Suso Cecchi D'Amico Augusto Genina Elvira Psorulla
Stars : Michele Malaspina Rubi Dalma Domenico Viglione Borghese Ines Orsini
Genres : Drama Biography
Release date : Nov 23, 1949
Countries of origin : Italy
Language : Italian
Filming locations : Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
Production companies : Film Bassoli Arx
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Drama Biography
Release date : Nov 23, 1949
Countries of origin : Italy
Language : Italian
Filming locations : Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
Production companies : Film Bassoli Arx
