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.
7.4 / 10
2023-05-25
Marco Bellocchio
2h 14m
Budget: $14,100,000
Revenue: $4,123,091
Edgardo Mortara ragazzo
Papa Pio IX
Momolo Mortara
Marianna Mortara
Angelo Padovani
Riccardo Mortara
Giudice Carboni
Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli
Pier Gaetano Feletti