The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

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The treatment of a young Jewish boy, forcibly raised as a Christian in 19th century Italy, creates a furor which pits the Papacy itself against forces of democracy and Italian unification.The treatment of a young Jewish boy, forcibly raised as a Christian in 19th century Italy, creates a furor which pits the Papacy itself against forces of democracy and Italian unification.The treatment of a young Jewish boy, forcibly raised as a Christian in 19th century Italy, creates a furor which pits the Papacy itself against forces of democracy and Italian unification.

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- Tony Kushner
- David I. Kertzer

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Writers
- Tony Kushner
- David I. Kertzer

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In the early development stages, Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Pictures were in talks with Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Company about collaborating on this film but could not reach an agreement on various aspects of the production. Both went their separate ways, with Spielberg and DreamWorks producing this film, and Weinstein and the Weinstein Company developing their own separate project about Edgardo Mortara. Both projects ironically are now officially dead as Spielberg moved on to other projects and is no longer affiliated with DreamWorks Pictures. Harvey Weinstein was famously incarcerated for dozens of sexual allegations and the Weinstein Company has since gone out of business.