Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.

Direction

Marco Bellocchio

Screenplay

Marco Bellocchio

Susanna Nicchiarelli

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Edoardo Albinati

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Daniela Ceselli

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Daniele Scalise