Movie about kidnapped Italian Jew Mortara moves forward without Spielberg
Viewers’ best chance to see Mortara’s story onscreen will now be via a separate Italian production helmed by director Marco Bellochio.
"The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara," an 1862 painting by Jewish artist Moritz Daniel Oppenheim depicting the Mortara Affair. (photo credit: PUBLIC DOMAIN)ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
