DramaHistory

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.

Credits

Enea SalaEdgardo Mortara bambino

Leonardo MalteseEdgardo Mortara ragazzo

Paolo PierobonPapa Pio IX

Fausto Russo AlesiMomolo Mortara

Barbara RonchiMarianna Mortara