Kidnapped

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.

Director: Marco Bellocchio

Cast

Enea Sala

Edgardo Mortara (child)

Leonardo Maltese

Edgardo Mortara

Paolo Pierobon

Pio IX

Fausto Russo Alesi

Momolo Mortara

Barbara Ronchi

Marianna Mortara

Andrea Gherpelli

Angelo Padovani

Samuele Teneggi

Riccardo Mortara

Corrado Invernizzi

Giudice Carboni