La Storia star Jasmine Trinca, producer Roberto Sessa and director Francesca Archibugi discuss how their shared love of Elsa Morante’s celebrated novel was infused into this Italian series about a widowed mother’s struggle to survive during the Second World War.

Widely considered one of Italy’s most significant novels of the 20th century, Elsa Morante’s La Storia was first adapted for the big screen by director Luigi Comencini in 1986...