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.
Key credits listed on this page include Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Edoardo Albinati, Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltese, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, and Barbara Ronchi.