Kidnapped

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

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Kidnapped

2023

2h 14m

7.3(342 votes)

Drama

History

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.

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Production Companies

The Match Factory

IBC MOvie

Kavac Film

RAI Cinema

Ad Vitam Production

ARTE France Cinéma

Videos & Trailers

5 videos

Cast & Crew

27 members

Acting

Enea Sala

Edgardo Mortara (child)

Enea Sala

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Leonardo Maltese

Edgardo Mortara

Leonardo Maltese

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Paolo Pierobon

Pio IX

Paolo Pierobon

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Fausto Russo Alesi

Momolo Mortara

Fausto Russo Alesi

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Barbara Ronchi

Marianna Mortara

Barbara Ronchi

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Andrea Gherpelli

Angelo Padovani

Andrea Gherpelli

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Samuele Teneggi

Riccardo Mortara

Samuele Teneggi

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Corrado Invernizzi

Giudice Carboni

Corrado Invernizzi

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Filippo Timi

Giacomo Antonelli

Filippo Timi

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Fabrizio Gifuni

Pier Gaetano Feletti

Fabrizio Gifuni

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Paolo Calabresi

Sabatino Scazzocchio

Paolo Calabresi

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Aurora Camatti

Anna Morisi

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Bruno Cariello

Maresciallo Lucidi

Bruno Cariello

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Walter Lippa

Angelo Moscati

Walter Lippa

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Alessandro Bandini

Padre Mariano

Alessandro Bandini

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Leonardo Bianconi

Brigadiere Agostini

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Art

Daniele Aldrovandi

Bonaiuto Sanguinetti

Daniele Aldrovandi

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Fabrizio Contri

Jussi

Fabrizio Contri

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Giustiniano Alpi

Liberale

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Orfeo Orlando

Vita

Orfeo Orlando

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Federica Fracassi

Anziana

Federica Fracassi

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Giulia Quadrelli

Giovane

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Renato Sarti

Rettore

Renato Sarti

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Flavia Baiku

Simone

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Tonino Tosto

Tagliacozzo

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Christian Mudu

Elia

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Riccardo Bandiera

Aronne

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