28 Aug 1998
Velvet Goldmine
Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Enea Sala Edgardo Mortara (child)
Leonardo Maltese Edgardo Mortara
Paolo Pierobon Pio IX
Fausto Russo Alesi Momolo Mortara
Barbara Ronchi Marianna Mortara
Andrea Gherpelli Angelo Padovani
Samuele Teneggi Riccardo Mortara
Corrado Invernizzi Giudice Carboni
Filippo Timi Giacomo Antonelli
Fabrizio Gifuni Pier Gaetano Feletti
Paolo Calabresi Sabatino Scazzocchio
Aurora Camatti Anna Morisi
Bruno Cariello Maresciallo Lucidi
Walter Lippa Angelo Moscati
Alessandro Bandini Padre Mariano
Leonardo Bianconi Brigadiere Agostini
Fabrizio Contri Jussi
Giustiniano Alpi Liberale
Orfeo Orlando Vita
Federica Fracassi Anziana
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