

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.
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

Filippo Timi
Giacomo Antonelli

Fabrizio Gifuni
Pier Gaetano Feletti

Paolo Calabresi
Sabatino Scazzocchio
Aurora Camatti
Anna Morisi

Bruno Cariello
Maresciallo Lucidi

Walter Lippa
Angelo Moscati

Alessandro Bandini
Padre Mariano
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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.
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