Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
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.
Run Time
2h 14m
Genre
Drama, History
Release Date
25 May 2023
Country
Italy, France, Germany
Language
Hebrew, Italian, Latin
Streaming On
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Enea SalaEdgardo Mortara (child)
Leonardo MalteseEdgardo Mortara
Paolo PierobonPio IX
Fausto Russo AlesiMomolo Mortara
Barbara RonchiMarianna Mortara
Andrea GherpelliAngelo Padovani
Samuele TeneggiRiccardo Mortara
Corrado InvernizziGiudice Carboni
Filippo TimiGiacomo Antonelli
Fabrizio GifuniPier Gaetano Feletti
Paolo CalabresiSabatino Scazzocchio
Anna Morisi
Technical Team


Paolo Del Brocco
Marco Bellocchio
Simone Gattoni
Francesco Di Giacomo
Francesca Calvelli
Edoardo Albinati
Susanna Nicchiarelli
Elio Di Pace