Kidnapped
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.
- Director
- Marco Bellocchio
- Worldwide
- $4M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
15 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Kidnapped returned 0.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $14M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $4M
- Release date
- May 25, 2023
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Hebrew, Italian
- Country
- Germany, France
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