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Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara ()

Rapito (original title)
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A Jewish boy is kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858.

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Papa Pio IX
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Salomone Mortara
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Marianna Padovani Mortara
Enea Sala ...
Edgardo Mortara da bambino
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Edgardo Mortara da ragazzo
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Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli
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Pier Gaetano Feletti
Andrea Gherpelli ...
Angelo Padovani
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Riccardo Mortara
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Giudice Carboni
Aurora Camatti ...
Anna Morisi
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Sabatino Scazzocchio
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Maresciallo Lucidi
Walter Lippa ...
Angelo Moscati
Alessandro Bandini ...
Padre Mariano
Leonardo Bianconi ...
Brigadiere Agostini
Daniele Aldrovandi ...
Bonaiuto Sanguinetti (as Pietro Daniele Aldrovandi)
Fabrizio Contri ...
Avvocado Jussi
Giustiniano Alpi ...
Avvocado liberale
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Rabbino Vita
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Signora anziana
Giulia Quadrelli ...
Signora giovane
Renato Sarti ...
Rettore Casa del Catecumeni
Flavia Baiku ...
Madre di Simone
Tonino Tosto ...
Tagliacozzo
Christian Mudu ...
Elia
Riccardo Bandiera ...
Aronne
James Basham ...
Simone
Davide Mancini ...
Maestro Casa del Catecumenu
Gioele Fini ...
Studente 2
Michele De Paola ...
Segretario Monsignor Feletti
Marcello Sambati ...
Anziano Ebreo Centenario
Michele Oliveri ...
Kanzler
Martin Abram ...
De Courten
Antonio Piovanelli ...
Cardinale Camerlengo
Giacomo Tamburini ...
Cameriere segreto
Matteo Alì ...
Delegado pontificio
Laura Pizzirani ...
Suora ballesimo
Duilio Pizzocchi ...
Lepori (Il droghiere)
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Rosalba Pancaldi
Marco Golinucci ...
Soldado Austriaco
Massimo De Francovich ...
Cardinale Decano
Flora Anna Rossitto ...
Erminia Mortara
Caterina Gabanella ...
Ernesta Mortara
Daisy Pieropan ...
Imelda Mortara 22 anni
Mario Sonnino ...
Rabbino
Marco Sincini ...
Prete infermería
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Letizia Trunfio ...
A Jewish woman
Alessio Cioni ...
Gendarme (uncredited)
Alessandro Fiorucci ...
Padre Domenicano (uncredited)
Leonardo Mantelli ...
Fedele (uncredited)
Mattia Napoli ...
Rapitore (uncredited)
Alessandro Scafati ...
Garibaldino (uncredited)

Directed by

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Marco Bellocchio

Written by

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Marco Bellocchio ... (written by) &
Susanna Nicchiarelli ... (written by)
 
Edoardo Albinati ... (collaboration) &
Daniela Ceselli ... (collaboration)
 
Daniele Scalise ... (based on "Il caso Mortara")

Produced by

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Patrick Carrarin ... executive producer
Beppe Caschetto ... producer
Sonia Cilia ... line producer
Paolo Del Brocco ... producer
Maurizio Feverati ... executive producer
Sebastian Fröhlich ... line producer: The Match Factory
Viola Fügen ... co-producer
Simone Gattoni ... producer
Alexandra Henochsberg ... co-producer
Alessio Lazzareschi ... executive producer
Pierre-François Piet ... co-producer
Olivier Père ... co-producer
Gaudy Rossi ... assistant producer
Maya Scherr-Willson ... Junior Producer: The Match Factory
Cécile Tollu-Polonowski ... Development Producer: The Match Factory
Michael Weber ... co-producer

Music by

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Fabio Massimo Capogrosso

Cinematography by

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Francesco Di Giacomo

Editing by

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Francesca Calvelli
Stefano Mariotti

Editorial Department

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Luigi Caggiano ... assistant editor
Daria de Pascale ... second assistant editor
Angelo Francavilla ... colorist
Barbara Magrelli ... on-line editor

Casting By

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Maurilio Mangano

Production Design by

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Andrea Castorina

Art Direction by

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Leonardo Cruciano
Domenico Dicillo
Laura Inglese
Blazej Wasiak

Set Decoration by

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Valeria Vecellio

Costume Design by

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Sergio Ballo
Daria Calvelli
Alessia Forotti ... (tailor helper)

Makeup Department

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Alessandra Benato ... addicional makeup artist
Marika Bianco ... additional makeup artist
Martina Camandona ... additional makeup artist
Sara di Marco ... assistant makeup artist
Laura Fiasco ... additional hair stylist
Enrico Iacoponi ... makeup department head
Fruzsina Klinko ... hair stylist
Daniela Nicolò ... additional makeup artist
Liviana Serra ... makeup artist
Sara Silandri ... additional make up artist

Production Management

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Gianluca Brutto ... unit manager
Enrico Di Paola ... set manager
Paul Effertz ... unit production manager: germany
Juan Galva ... post-production supervisor: The Match Factory
Federico Gera ... unit production manager
Karlotta Krüger ... production assistant
Francesco Pabilla ... production co-ordinator
Germana Pierucci ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Giacomo Armani ... assistant director
Massimiliano Battistella ... assistant director
Barbara Daniele ... first assistant director
Federica Mele ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Leonardo Cruciano ... concept designer / special props
Emanuele D'Antonio ... set painter
Davide De Cubellis ... storyboard artist
Giuliana Lipparini ... set decorator assistant
Monica Maniscalco ... art department assistant
Francesco Meo ... painter
Michelle Paoli ... assistant production designer
Ivo Petri ... concept artist
Chantal Rivera ... assistant set decorator
Andrea Sandali ... art department coordinator
Beatrice Soliano ... assistant set decorator
Rosa Trapani ... props buyer
Eleonora Uras ... graphic designer

Sound Department

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Gianluca Basili ... sound effects editor
Sergio Basili ... foley artist
Antonio Catalano ... source connect engineer
Adriano Di Lorenzo ... sound mixer
Tommaso Di Lorenzo ... sound utility
Christian Latina ... foley editor
Nadia Paone ... re-recording mixer
Lilio Rosato ... dialogue editor
Antonio Tirinelli ... sound effects editor

Special Effects by

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Jorge Poza Bustamante ... sculptor / special effects artist
Ottavia Dattolo ... special effects artist
Federico Iori ... sculptor / special effects artist
Hicham Mouhim ... special effects artist
Luigi Ottolino ... special effects technician
Marco Pavani ... special effects artist

Visual Effects by

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Valentina Casale ... 3d artist
Andrea Cigognetti ... environment artist
Gianluca Colibazzi ... digital compositor: Visualogie
Lena Di Gennaro ... visual effects producer: chromatica
Alessandro Di Leva ... digital compositor
Pasquale Annibale Garofano ... digital compositor
Melissa Jorga ... compositor
Fabio Luongo ... visual effects
Emanuele Mancini ... digital compositor: visualogie
Stefano Marinoni ... visual effects supervisor: visualogie
Rodolfo Migliari ... visual effects supervisor: chromatica
Silvia Morelli ... digital compositor
Francesco Niolu ... digital compositor
Sara Paesani ... digital compositor: Chromatica
Carolina Proietti ... fx artist
Lorenzo Schiattarella ... digital compositor
Luca Scintu ... digital compositor: chromatica
Daniele Starnoni ... on set visual effects supervisor: chromatica
Riccardo Terraferma ... digital compositor
Elisa Tiziani ... digital compositor: chromatica
Giovanni Tosatto ... cg artist: Chromatica
Paola Trisoglio ... visual effects producer: visualogie
Francesco Zecchinelli ... cg supervisor: chromatica

Stunts

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Davide Balzanetti ... stunt performer
Samuele Brancato ... stunts
Ludovico Culotta ... stunts
Nicola De Santis ... stunts
Federico Diust ... stunt performer
Mirko Graziani ... stunts
Alessandro Lanzillotti ... stunts
Mattia Napoli ... stunts
Vittorio Nencini ... horse master
Alessandro Novelli ... additional stunt coordinator / military supervisor / stunt coordinator
Emiliano Novelli ... stunt coordinator
Marco Pancrazi ... assistant stunt coordinator
Marco Patrassi ... stunt coordinator / stunts
Lorenzo Rotatori ... stunts
Luis Pan Venezia ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Andrea Anghinetti ... additional electrician
Antonio Balisciano ... grip
Francesco Carbonaro ... electrician
Paolo Catalano ... grip
Paolo Giovanni Catalano ... grip
Lorenzo Catenacci ... focus puller
Michele Cherchi Palmieri ... additional cinematography
Andrea Ciacchella ... electrician
Giuliano Cipollone ... camera trainee
Paolo Colajanni ... grip
Mario Nicola Corbo ... electrician
Francesco Di Giacomo ... cinematographer
Marco di Stefano ... best boy/electric
Maurizio di Stefano ... gaffer
Riccardo Filippini ... aerial cinematographer
Daniel Foeldes ... first assistant camera
Chiara Ingrati ... video assist
Michele Giuseppe Lacerenza ... additional electrician
Massimo Lazzara ... key grip
Alfredo Lembo ... digital imaging technician
Claudio Leprini ... generator operator
Paolo Leurini ... electrician
Francesco Maffei ... near set lab operator: additional
Vito Maffei ... near set lab operator
Luca Massa ... grip
Maurizio Salvatori ... grip
Teo Torresi ... additional assistant camera
Giorgio Toso ... camera operator
Andrea Valacchi ... focus puller

Casting Department

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Veronica Amann ... casting assistant
Valentina Barato ... casting
Paolo Bisetto Trevisin ... extras casting assistant
Lara Lettieri ... extras casting
Alessandro Loffredi ... extras casting director and extras coordinator / extras casting
Valerio Ferrara ... casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Marta Rossi Castelvetro ... Additional Costume Assistant: Bologna (as Marta Rossi)
Fabio Cicolani ... wardrobe (creditOnly)
Cinzia Fabbri ... assistant costume designer
Maria Concetta Pennella ... wardrobe
Piero Risani ... assistant costume designer
Arianna Urso ... costume assistant

Location Management

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Marco Bergamaschi ... location manager
Andrea Cucchi ... location manager
Vincent Dachet ... location scout
Natalie Foffi ... location manager

Music Department

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Maria Chiara Casà ... music assistant
Giuseppe Corradino ... score mixer assistant
Goffredo Gibellini ... score mixer engineer
Gianluca Porelli ... score mixer assistant

Script and Continuity Department

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Anna Belluccio ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Marta Braga ... assistant production coordinator
Maria Circelli ... extra's payroll
Sara Corda ... assistant accountant
Daniele Felicetti ... social media manager
Matteo Ferrazin ... production accountant
Gregorio Maraschini Montanari ... unit manager
Anastasia Michelagnoli ... project development
Mario Poeta ... production assistant
Niccolò Riviera ... production assistant
Francesco Sini ... assistant
Pina Totaro ... historic consultant
Richard Wild ... chief meteorologist

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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. Written by TMDB

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Also Known As
  • La conversione (Italy)
  • L'enlèvement (France)
  • Geraubt im Namen des Papstes (Germany)
  • Die Bologna-Entführung (Germany)
  • Kidnapped (India, English title)
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Runtime
  • 134 min
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Budget EUR13,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Steven Spielberg was intending to direct a version of this story around 2016. He even was looking at casting the young boy's role though open auditions from Jewish Schools in Europe and America. Although he had cast Mark Rylance as Pope Pius IX and Oscar Isaac as the older Edgardo Mortara, Spielberg's inability to find the right child actor led to the project becoming stalled. See more »
Quotes Salomone Mortara: What were we supposed to do?
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