Kidnapped tells the story of Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish child who was taken from his family in 1858 and brought up as a Catholic in the custody of Pope Pius IX, to international outcry. The cast includes Paolo Pierobon (Pope Pius IX), Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala (Edgardo Mortara, child), Leonardo Maltese (Edgardo, boy), Filippo Timi and Fabrizio Gifuni.
The three-month shoot of Marco Bellocchio’s Kidnapped began in summer 2022 in piazza Minozzi in Roccabianca, a small village in the province of Parma, where the Mortara family house was recreated (the square was also used as a location by Gianni Amelio for Lord of the Ants). Another location was Edgardo’s birthplace, Bologna, where several rooms in Palazzo d’Accursio recreated the environment of the time, in addition to piazza Maggiore and other areas in the historic centre. The Baroque Church of San Barnaba, in the centre of Modena, also lent its interiors.
Locations also included the interiors of the synagogue of Sabbioneta (province of Mantua), a jewel that was inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage in 2008 and has previously hosted shoots for the series The Medici and the RAI drama La guerra è finita. The Oratorio dei Filippini in the heart of Rome was used to reconstruct the refectory of San Pietro in Vincoli.
Kidnapped tells the story of Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish child who was taken from his family in 1858 and brought up as a Catholic in the custody of Pope Pius IX, to international outcry. The cast includes Paolo Pierobon (Pope Pius IX), Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala (Edgardo Mortara, child), Leonardo Maltese (Edgardo, boy), Filippo Timi and Fabrizio Gifuni.
The three-month shoot of Marco Bellocchio’s Kidnapped began in summer 2022 in piazza Minozzi in Roccabianca, a small village in the province of Parma, where the Mortara family house was recreated (the square was also used as a location by Gianni Amelio for Lord of the Ants). Another location was Edgardo’s birthplace, Bologna, where several rooms in Palazzo d’Accursio recreated the environment of the time, in addition to piazza Maggiore and other areas in the historic centre. The Baroque Church of San Barnaba, in the centre of Modena, also lent its interiors.
Locations also included the interiors of the synagogue of Sabbioneta (province of Mantua), a jewel that was inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage in 2008 and has previously hosted shoots for the series The Medici and the RAI drama La guerra è finita. The Oratorio dei Filippini in the heart of Rome was used to reconstruct the refectory of San Pietro in Vincoli.
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Paolo Pierobon
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Barbara Ronchi, Enea Scala
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Fausto Russo Alesi
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Bruno Cariello, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi
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Mortara family
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Leonardo Maltese
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Barbara Ronchi
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Barbara Ronchi
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Filippo Timi
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IBC Movie, Kavac Film, Rai Cinema, Ad Vitam Production, The Match Factory
