Overview
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 and cast
- Enea Sala as Edgardo Mortara (child)
- Leonardo Maltese as Edgardo Mortara
- Paolo Pierobon as Pio IX
- Fausto Russo Alesi as Momolo Mortara
- Barbara Ronchi as Marianna Mortara
- Andrea Gherpelli as Angelo Padovani
- Samuele Teneggi as Riccardo Mortara
- Corrado Invernizzi as Giudice Carboni
- Filippo Timi as Giacomo Antonelli
- Fabrizio Gifuni as Pier Gaetano Feletti
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