Kidnapped

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Enea Sala Edgardo Mortara (child)

Leonardo Maltese Edgardo Mortara

Paolo Pierobon Pio IX

Fausto Russo Alesi Momolo Mortara

Barbara Ronchi Marianna Mortara