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.

Enea Sala

Edgardo Mortara bambino

Leonardo Maltese

Edgardo Mortara ragazzo

Barbara Ronchi

Marianna Mortara

Paolo Pierobon

Papa Pio IX

Fausto Russo Alesi

Momolo Mortara

Andrea Gherpelli

Angelo Padovani

Samuele Teneggi

Riccardo Mortara

Corrado Invernizzi

Giudice Carboni

Filippo Timi

Cardinal 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

Leonardo Bianconi

Brigadiere Agostini

Daniela Aldrovandi

Bonaiuto Sanguinetti

Fabrizio Contri

Avvocato Jussi